Chapter 33 of A Tale of Brittany (Mon Frère Yves) is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 33 of A Tale of Brittany (Mon Frère Yves) is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets. --G. FLAUBERT, SALAMMBÔ. The Coral Sea! At the Antipodes of our old world. Nothing but blue anywhere.
Chapter 33 of A Tale of Brittany (Mon Frère Yves) is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
From this reading “At the Antipodes of our old world.”
plural of “celt” — a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
From this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
a variable color averaging a deep pink
From this reading “The Coral Sea!”
having a pattern of dots
From this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
From this reading “--G. FLAUBERT, SALAMMBÔ.”
plural of “islet” — a small island
From this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
darkened by clouds
From this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
past form of “mourn” — feel sadness
From this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
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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In this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
In this reading “And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.”
the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
In this reading “At the Antipodes of our old world.”
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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 And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
From this reading At the Antipodes of our old world.
at or in or to any place
From this reading Nothing but blue anywhere.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the Antipodes of our old world.
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Nothing but blue anywhere.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nothing but blue anywhere.
plural of “celt” — a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
a variable color averaging a deep pink
From this reading The Coral Sea!
having a pattern of dots
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
From this reading --G. FLAUBERT, SALAMMBÔ.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading --G. FLAUBERT, SALAMMBÔ.
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
plural of “islet” — a small island
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
darkened by clouds
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
past form of “mourn” — feel sadness
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing but blue anywhere.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading At the Antipodes of our old world.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading At the Antipodes of our old world.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
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From this reading --G. FLAUBERT, SALAMMBÔ.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The Coral Sea!
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the Celts mourned three barren rocks under a lowering sky, in the heart of a gulf dotted with islets.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading At the Antipodes of our old world.
Chapter 33 of A Tale of Brittany (Mon Frère Yves) by Pierre Loti holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 33 holds 163 sentences of A Tale of Brittany (Mon Frère Yves), unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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