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Le
Determiner
  portier
Noun
  lui
Pronoun
  répondit
Verb
  que
Subordinating conjunction
  monsieur
Noun
 Derville  n’était
  pas
Adverb
  rentré
Verb
.

The doorman replied that Mr. Derville had not returned.
Words and sentences
New
Le

a surname from Vietnamese

New
portier

  1. gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman
  2. goalkeeper

New
lui

New
que

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monsieur

  1. mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man, used with or without the name in direct or third-person address)
  2. gentleman

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n'était

contraction of ne + était (third-person singular imperfect indicative form of être)

New
pas

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rentré

past participle of rentrer

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