Chapter 11 of The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Certainly not.' 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life. My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.' The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever. Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
Chapter 11 of The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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acted upon; influenced
From this reading “My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'”
-ing form of “compliment” — say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading “Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.”
worthy of imitation
From this reading “'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.”
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading “'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.”
comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.”
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading “Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.”
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading “Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.”
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.
In this reading “'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.”
In this reading “Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
acted upon; influenced
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading 'Certainly not.'
-ing form of “compliment” — say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
at any time
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
worthy of imitation
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
a narrow way or road
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
a gay feeling
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
used to form the superlative
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Certainly not.'
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
a male human offspring
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading 'Then, too, he leads a most exemplary life.
precisely as stated
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The merriment in the little lane was now louder than ever.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading My wife and my son have told me things about him which have affected me very much.'
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Abbé Faujas could be heard complimenting Mademoiselle Aurélie on some wonderful stroke of her battledore.
Chapter 11 of The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) by Émile Zola holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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