Chapter 6 of Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’ 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’ Page 47. 2. à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
Chapter 6 of Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading “à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’”
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading “30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’”
the British system of withholding tax
From this reading “30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’”
cause to run
From this reading “pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’”
subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
From this reading “30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’”
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading “à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’”
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
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From this reading Page 47.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
at or toward the back of something
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
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From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
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From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
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From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
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From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
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From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Page 47.
the British system of withholding tax
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
cause to run
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
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From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
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From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
uttered with a trill
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
a dissolute man in fashionable society
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
a general conscious awareness
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading pour que rien ne lui manquât, ‘to crown all.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading 30. paye: used here in the restricted sense of ‘neighbourhood.’
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading à nos trousses, ‘at our heels.’ qui faisaient la roue sur nos derrières, ‘rolling along on their hands and feet like a wheel behind us.’
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