Chapter 12 of Fantômas is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Fantômas is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't look so miserable," he said. "I am here. That is a matter of absolutely no importance. We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it." "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
Chapter 12 of Fantômas is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “That is a matter of absolutely no importance.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “"So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.”
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading “That is a matter of absolutely no importance.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “That is a matter of absolutely no importance.”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “"Don't look so miserable," he said.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."”
express a supposition
From this reading “We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
anew
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am here.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I am here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am here.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
not any; not one
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Don't look so miserable," he said.
express a supposition
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is a matter of absolutely no importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
the day immediately before today
From this reading We will suppose that nothing passed between us yesterday, and--that's an end to it."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you haven't gone, you didn't go?" said Nibet again.
Chapter 12 of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 12 holds 416 sentences of Fantômas, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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