Chapter 3 of Brazilian Tales is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Brazilian Tales is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AHASVERUS. Shall I again greet the sun? PROMETHEUS. The selfsame sun that is about to set. Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
Chapter 3 of Brazilian Tales is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.”
the organ of sight
From this reading “Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.”
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.”
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Shall I again greet the sun?”
at no time hereafter
From this reading “Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.”
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
From this reading “PROMETHEUS.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “The selfsame sun that is about to set.”
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “Shall I again greet the sun?”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
anew
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AHASVERUS.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
the organ of sight
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
at no time hereafter
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
From this reading PROMETHEUS.
being the exact same one; not any other:
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shall I again greet the sun?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The selfsame sun that is about to set.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Friend sun, eye of time, nevermore shall your eyelids close.
Chapter 3 of Brazilian Tales by Isaac [Translator] Goldberg holds 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 3 holds 504 sentences of Brazilian Tales, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Brazilian Tales by Isaac [Translator] Goldberg exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 128 minutes of reading across 308 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Brazilian Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Brazilian Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
