Chapter 16 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel? She’ll be down in a minute.” Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her. “The exhibition! No, not at all.
Chapter 16 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading ““You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?”
the act of exhibiting
From this reading ““You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
set afire or burning
From this reading “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “She’ll be down in a minute.””
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
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 “Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.”
In this reading “She’ll be down in a minute.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading No, not at all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No, not at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
the act of exhibiting
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
set afire or burning
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
not any; not one
From this reading No, not at all.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No, not at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’ll be down in a minute.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Hugh shook hands with Michael Schwankovsky and lighted Joan’s cigarette for her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You want to discuss the exhibition with Ariel?
Chapter 16 of Ariel Dances by Ethel Cook Eliot holds 481 sentences, grouped into 97 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 16 holds 481 sentences of Ariel Dances, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Ariel Dances by Ethel Cook Eliot exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 481 sentences, grouped into 97 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 97 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 97 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 16 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.
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How to work through Ariel Dances section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Ariel Dances, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
