Chapter 16 of Arthur is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Arthur is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night! Why do I attempt to recall thee? The remembrance is still so vivid. Such grief is never to be forgotten. It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
Chapter 16 of Arthur is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bringing death
From this reading “SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “Such grief is never to be forgotten.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.”
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “Why do I attempt to recall thee?”
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading “The remembrance is still so vivid.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!”
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading “The remembrance is still so vivid.”
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 “SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such grief is never to be forgotten.
travel across or pass over
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
bringing death
From this reading SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Such grief is never to be forgotten.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Such grief is never to be forgotten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Such grief is never to be forgotten.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
not in physical motion
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such grief is never to be forgotten.
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading SUSPICION Fatal, fatal night!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading The remembrance is still so vivid.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
at the time that
From this reading It was half-past nine when I reached the Hôtel de Pënâfiel, and I was cross and sullen.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why do I attempt to recall thee?
Chapter 16 of Arthur by Eugène Sue holds 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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 275 sentences of Arthur, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Arthur by Eugène Sue exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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 55 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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