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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “The Three Musketeers” begins
On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of _Romance of the Rose_ was born, appeared to be in as perfect a state of revolution as if the Huguenots had just made a second La Rochelle of it.
Many citizens, seeing the women flying toward the High Street, leaving their children crying at the open doors, hastened to don the cuirass, and supporting their somewhat uncertain courage with a musket or a partisan, directed their steps toward the hostelry of the Jolly Miller, before which was gathered, increasing every minute, a compact group, vociferous and full of curiosity.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “The Three Musketeers” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- gentleman
- place
- sword
- remain
- duke
- eminence
- perceive
- master
- chamber
- host
- honor
- enemy
- affair
- pale
- carriage
- mistress
- therefore
- thus
- guard
- countenance
- resume
- companion
- pace
- devil
- seek
- servant
- inform
- chapter
- glance
- conceal
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Three Musketeers”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Three Musketeers” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Modal verbs
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
- Phrasal verbs
Constructions to look for
- Whose (possession) “Yes; Madame Bonacieux, with whose retreat the cardinal was unacquainted.
- -ing clause as adverbial (Feeling tired, …) “Yes, sir, I know it,” replied the duke, dipping the quill in the ink.
- Subject relative clause with who/that/which He had again missed his man, who had disappeared as if by enchantment.
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About the book
Why The Three Musketeers is a great book to read in English
D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with an old horse and a hot temper, and talks his way into duels with three musketeers by lunchtime. Dumas's 1844 swashbuckler runs on dialogue and momentum — long, but famously hard to put down, and the parallel French keeps every intrigue clear.
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