Chapter IV · Chapter 4

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

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

anew

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

(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 There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

terminate

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

in an unfortunate or deplorable manner

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

lacking in liveliness or animation

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

plural of “examination” — the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

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From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

tell false information to for fun

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

engage in

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

capable of being shocked

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

a child who has lost both parents

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

possessing material wealth

From this reading He was an orphan and very rich, and didn't fash himself about examinations.

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

an advocate of the principles of monarchy

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

Identical; not different.

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

an educational institution

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

be standing; be upright

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

believed likely

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

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From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

precisely as stated

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

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From this reading "Le troisieme coup fait feu, vous savez! touchez-y encore, a ce moutard, et j'vous assomme sur place!"

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

in or at the place that

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

which person or people

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading There was an awful row, of course--and du Tertre-Jouan had to make a public apology to M. Boulot, who disappeared from the school the very same day; and Tertre-Jouan would have been canonized by us all, but that he was so deplorably dull and narrow-minded, and suspected of being a royalist in disguise.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading He left school that year without taking any degree--and I don't know what became of him.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading (Touch him again, that kid, and I'll break your head where you stand!).