Chapter 34 of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT. Some men unite and live together. By what right? By the right of association. They shut themselves up at home.
Chapter 34 of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a formal organization of people or groups of people
From this reading “By the right of association.”
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading “THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Some men unite and live together.”
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading “THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “They shut themselves up at home.”
a mental position from which things are viewed
From this reading “THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “They shut themselves up at home.”
act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
From this reading “Some men unite and live together.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
In this reading “Some men unite and live together.”
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “They shut themselves up at home.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
a formal organization of people or groups of people
From this reading By the right of association.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By what right?
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
the force of workers available
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By the right of association.
precisely, exactly
From this reading By what right?
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
a mental position from which things are viewed
From this reading THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
From this reading Some men unite and live together.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They shut themselves up at home.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading By what right?
Chapter 34 of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette by Victor Hugo holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 34 holds 134 sentences of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of Les Misérables, V. 2/5: Cosette by Victor Hugo exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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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