Chapter 21 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Christophe shook hands with them and let them go. That sort of thing had no effect on him now. They were on the other side of the ravine. That was well. He said to nobody in particular:
Chapter 21 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “That sort of thing had no effect on him now.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “He said to nobody in particular:”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “He said to nobody in particular:”
a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
From this reading “They were on the other side of the ravine.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “They were on the other side of the ravine.”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “That sort of thing had no effect on him now.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
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From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
not any; not one
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
no person; not anyone
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
a special situation
From this reading That sort of thing had no effect on him now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He said to nobody in particular:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading That was well.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were on the other side of the ravine.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Christophe shook hands with them and let them go.
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