Chapter 8 of Marguerite de Valois is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Marguerite de Valois is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR. The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement. Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence. She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother. It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
Chapter 8 of Marguerite de Valois is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the state of being absent
From this reading “Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.”
not invading healthy tissue
From this reading “It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.”
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.”
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.”
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.”
an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
From this reading “The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.”
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.
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the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
In this reading “HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.”
In this reading “The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.”
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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 She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
the state of being absent
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
not invading healthy tissue
From this reading It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
set up or found
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madame de Sauve had been there in her absence.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had brought a key sent her by the queen mother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
in or at that place or location
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Queen of Navarre on her return to the Louvre found Gillonne in great excitement.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the key of the room in which Henry was confined.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR.
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