Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Marquis of Létorière is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S . C .
The Marquis of Létorière
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Marquis of Létorière is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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MADEMOISELLE
DE
SOISSONS
Mademoiselle
Victoire-Julie
de
Soissons,
Princess
of
S .
C .
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The Marquis of Létorière
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Marquis of Létorière is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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MADEMOISELLE
DE
SOISSONS
Mademoiselle
Victoire-Julie
de
Soissons,
Princess
of
S .
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C .
/siː/
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Learner Dictionary
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small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading “MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .”
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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading C .
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
SOISSONSnoun
a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
Victoire-Julie
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From this reading MADEMOISELLE DE SOISSONS Mademoiselle Victoire-Julie de Soissons, Princess of S .
Chapter 6 of The Marquis of Létorière by Eugène Sue holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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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Vocabulary met early in The Marquis of Létorière
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Marquis of Létorière, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Marquis
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Marquis of Létorière; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Letoriere
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- French
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- Honor
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