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Chapter 6 of The Last Vendée is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?" "There is no choice now but to follow him." "To the wolves' castle?" "Yes, to the wolves' castle." "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
Chapter 6 of The Last Vendée is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large and stately mansion
From this reading “"To the wolves' castle?"”
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “"There is no choice now but to follow him."”
dearly loved
From this reading “"So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"”
heighten or intensify
From this reading “"So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “"So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “"There is no choice now but to follow him."”
a country person
From this reading “"So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “"To the wolves' castle?"”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
adequately good for the circumstances
In this reading “"So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
a large and stately mansion
From this reading "To the wolves' castle?"
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
dearly loved
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
heighten or intensify
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
not any; not one
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
a country person
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
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From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
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From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
express in words
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "To the wolves' castle?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There is no choice now but to follow him."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well," asked Petit-Pierre, "what shall we do?"
which person or people
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading "To the wolves' castle?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, to the wolves' castle."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So be it; but to enliven the way," said the little peasant, "will you be good enough to tell me, my dear Rameau-d'or, who the wolves are?"
Chapter 6 of The Last Vendée by Alexandre Dumas holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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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