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Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts
Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts

Chapter V

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SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.
Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?
All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.
Goulard No more prayers and expostulations.
Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts

Chapter V

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.
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Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?
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All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.
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Goulard No more prayers and expostulations.
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Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.”

All words in this reading · 39

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

account

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

All

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From this reading All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

bait

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

creditors

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

deeper

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

deluding

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From this reading All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.

expostulations

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From this reading Goulard No more prayers and expostulations.

FIFTH

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

GentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

get

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

Goulard

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

made

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From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

minds

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From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

more

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From this reading All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

other

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

out

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

payments

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

Pierquin

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

pockets

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

prayers

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From this reading Goulard No more prayers and expostulations.

pretended

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

promises

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From this reading All We have, we have-- Pierquin No more deluding promises.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

SCENE

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

several

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

thrown

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From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.

up

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From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?

Violette

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From this reading SCENE FIFTH Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Goulard Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?