Chapter 8 of A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid. “And he knows that you are here.” Lucien sprang up at once. Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury. Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Chapter 8 of A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
delicately beautiful
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
the trait of being willing to give your money or time
From this reading “Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.”
not established by conditioning or learning
From this reading “Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.”
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Lucien sprang up at once.”
come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “Lucien sprang up at once.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
on or to one side
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
clothing in general
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
delicately beautiful
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
the trait of being willing to give your money or time
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
not established by conditioning or learning
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
a female domestic
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
on one occasion
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
move hurridly
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
Chapter 8 of A Distinguished Provincial at Paris by Honoré de Balzac holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Chapter 8 holds 416 sentences of A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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