Chapter 34 of A farewell to arms is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter 34 of A farewell to arms is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers. There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in. The army had not stood at the Tagliamento. They were falling back to the Piave. I remembered the Piave.
Chapter 34 of A farewell to arms is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.”
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
From this reading “There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.”
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading “Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.”
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading “There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.”
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading “They were falling back to the Piave.”
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading “There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.”
In this reading “Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.”
cooperate or pretend to cooperate
In this reading “Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.”
In this reading “The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading They were falling back to the Piave.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading They were falling back to the Piave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They were falling back to the Piave.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading I remembered the Piave.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The army had not stood at the Tagliamento.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were falling back to the Piave.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
up to a particular time
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in.
Chapter 34 of A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemingway holds 364 sentences, grouped into 73 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 34 holds 364 sentences of A farewell to arms, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemingway exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 364 sentences, grouped into 73 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 73 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 73 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 34 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemingway on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 9383 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #75201 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #75201, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1877 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A farewell to arms section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 39 chapters of A farewell to arms to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in A farewell to arms, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
