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Ariel: A Shelley Romance
Ariel: A Shelley Romance

Chapter XXVII

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THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.
The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.
To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.
New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.
The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.
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Ariel: A Shelley Romance

Chapter XXVII

Chapter 27 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.
Line 2
The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.
/ðə koʊld ənd ˈreɪni ˈweðər ɡeɪv ˈʃeli ðə aɪˈdiːə ʌv ˈpʊʃɪŋ ˈfɑːrðər saʊθ/
Line 3
To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.
/tuː fiːl ˈhæpi hiː ˈniːdəd wɔːrmθ ənd ˈsɪmpəθi/
Line 4
New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.
/nuː ˈklaɪməts ənd nuː ˈpleɪsəz maɪt tʃiːt hɪz ˈsɑːroʊ/
Line 5
The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

Learner Dictionary

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.

Byron noun US /ˈbaɪrən/

English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

From this reading “THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.”

cemetery noun US /ˈseməteri/

a tract of land used for burials

From this reading “THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.”

cheat verb US /tʃiːt/

deprive somebody of something by deceit

From this reading “New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.”

climates noun US /ˈklaɪməts/

plural of “climate” — the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading “New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.”

rainy adjective US /ˈreɪni/

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

From this reading “The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.”

Shelley noun US /ˈʃeli/

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading “The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.”

villa noun US /ˈvɪlə/

Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)

From this reading “THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.”

vineyards noun US /ˈvɪnjərdz/

plural of “vineyard” — a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

From this reading “The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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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rainy weather adjective + noun

In this reading “The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.”

farther south adjective + noun

In this reading “The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.”

At the end preposition + article + noun counted as “at … end”

In this reading “THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.”

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againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

Allegra

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

alreadyadverbUS /ɔːlˈredi/

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

ByronnounUS /ˈbaɪrən/

English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

CEMETERYnounUS /ˈseməteri/

a tract of land used for burials

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

cheatverbUS /tʃiːt/

deprive somebody of something by deceit

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

climatesnounUS /ˈklaɪməts/

plural of “climate” — the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

fartheradjectiveUS /ˈfɑːrðər/

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

feelverbUS /fiːl/

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

happyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

ideanounUS /aɪˈdiːə/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

monthnounUS /mʌnθ/

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

neededadjectiveUS /ˈniːdəd/

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

NewadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

placesnounUS /ˈpleɪsəz/

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

pushingnounUS /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/

the act of applying force in order to move something away

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

rainyadjectiveUS /ˈreɪni/

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

reddening

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

restoredverbUS /rɪˈstɔːrd/

past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

roadnounUS /roʊd/

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

ROMANadjectiveUS /ˈroʊmən/

relating to or characteristic of people of Rome

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

RomenounUS /roʊm/

capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

ShelleynounUS /ˈʃeli/

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

sorrownounUS /ˈsɑːroʊ/

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading New climates and new places might cheat his sorrow.

southnounUS /saʊθ/

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

sympathynounUS /ˈsɪmpəθi/

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

villanounUS /ˈvɪlə/

Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)

From this reading THE ROMAN CEMETERY At the end of another month the villa must again be given up to Byron and Allegra restored to him.

vineyardsnounUS /ˈvɪnjərdz/

plural of “vineyard” — a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

warmthnounUS /wɔːrmθ/

the sensation caused by heat energy

From this reading To feel happy he needed warmth and sympathy.

weathernounUS /ˈweðər/

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading The cold and rainy weather gave Shelley the idea of pushing farther south.

woundnounUS /waʊnd/

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading The road to Rome wound along among already reddening vineyards.

Chapter 27 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance by André Maurois holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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.

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