Chapter 3 of Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What an idea!” “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant. Perhaps it will not rain. In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin. How can we preserve them?
Chapter 3 of Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “culprit” — someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
From this reading “In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.”
more quickly
From this reading ““Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.”
plural of “footprint” — a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
From this reading “In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.”
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading ““Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.”
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading “How can we preserve them?”
easily perceived; easy to become aware of
From this reading “In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.”
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading “In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.”
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(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 “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “What an idea!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can we preserve them?
an occurrence of something
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
rid of obstructions
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
plural of “culprit” — someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
more quickly
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
plural of “footprint” — a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How can we preserve them?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “What an idea!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it will not rain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perhaps it will not rain.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps it will not rain.
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading How can we preserve them?
be shown or be found to be
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Perhaps it will not rain.
easily perceived; easy to become aware of
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading How can we preserve them?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In that case, these perfect, clear, and easily recognizable footprints will prove the culprits’ ruin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading How can we preserve them?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What an idea!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Faster, papa, faster; you will have all day to-morrow to be indignant.
Chapter 3 of Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1 by Emile Gaboriau holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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