Chapter 29 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Every one was exclaiming the same thing. “Genius! Isadora was never so wonderful! Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!” Every one except Hugh.
Chapter 29 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one was exclaiming the same thing.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “Every one except Hugh.”
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “Every one was exclaiming the same thing.”
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading ““Genius!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Isadora was never so wonderful!”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Every one was exclaiming the same thing.”
a special situation
From this reading “Every one was exclaiming the same thing.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Isadora was never so wonderful!”
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 “Every one was exclaiming the same thing.”
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From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
apart from; not including
From this reading Every one except Hugh.
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading “Genius!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one except Hugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isadora was never so wonderful!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Isadora was never so wonderful!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Isadora was never so wonderful!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
a special situation
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every one was exclaiming the same thing.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Isadora was never so wonderful!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ariel Clare, why didn’t you do it for us before!”
Chapter 29 of Ariel Dances by Ethel Cook Eliot holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 29 holds 338 sentences of Ariel Dances, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Ariel Dances by Ethel Cook Eliot exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 68 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 68 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 29 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 1485 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Ariel Dances section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 29 chapters of Ariel Dances to begin.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Ariel Dances, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
