Jules Verne
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4.9
- proper noun
- /dʒuːlz vɜrn/
- Literature
- Jules Verne wrote many books.
Examples
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Could Jules Verne himself have ever imagined anything so magnificent?
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Jules Verne wrote a book about going around the world in 80 days.
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Around the World in 80 Days is the Jules Verne classic.
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Jules Verne.
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Jules Verne's rocket returns to the earth a minor planet, where fiction lags behind the fact.
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One of Jules Verne's characters, a fanatic and a dreamer argues for the construction of a rocket to the moon.
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Smashing all records, Howard Hughes outdoes Jules Verne's wildest dreams.
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Jules Verne is celebrated for his groundbreaking novels that paved the way for modern science fiction.
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Many readers enjoy Jules Verne's thrilling tales of adventure and exploration.
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The legacy of Jules Verne continues to influence writers and filmmakers today.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jules + Verne
This is a proper name rather than a compositional phrase: knowing the individual forms 'Jules' and 'Verne' does not allow a B1 learner to infer that the term refers to a specific 19th‑century French author or 'father of science fiction'. Identification requires cultural/historical knowledge, not derivation from constituent meanings, so it is not transparent.
Etymology
Jules Verne is the name of a French writer who invented amazing journeys and strange machines in his books, like submarines and trips to the moon. Because his stories looked like the future, people call him the 'father of science fiction', so his name now makes people think of bold, imaginative ideas and adventure.