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Chapter IX
“Yes, little one.” That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy. “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?” “Yes, Mademoiselle Grandet.” “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Then, father, you can easily help Charles.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, little one.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Yes, little one.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?””
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
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From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
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From this reading “Yes, Mademoiselle Grandet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, little one.”
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From this reading “Yes, Mademoiselle Grandet.”
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Yes, little one.”
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
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From this reading “Then that makes two hundred thousand pieces of twenty sous each?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That term applied to his daughter was the superlative expression of the old miser’s joy.
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From this reading “Yes, little one.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then, father, you can easily help Charles.”
