Chapter 15 of Beatrix is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Beatrix is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You won’t see her again.” “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said. “How?” “I shall follow her.” “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
Chapter 15 of Beatrix is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 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.
anew
From this reading ““You won’t see her again.””
a youthful male person
From this reading ““Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.””
dearly loved
From this reading ““Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.””
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading ““I shall follow her.””
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading ““Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.””
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading ““Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.””
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.”
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.
anew
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “I shall follow her.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, you are as poor as Job, my dear boy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Oh! yes, I shall,” he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You won’t see her again.”
Chapter 15 of Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 15 holds 153 sentences of Beatrix, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Beatrix by Honoré de Balzac exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 449 minutes of reading across 1079 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Beatrix, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
