Chapter 13 of Captain Paul is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Captain Paul is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Listen to me and heed me! If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result! Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act! Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel. Knowles--The Hunchback.
Chapter 13 of Captain Paul is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 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.
dwell
From this reading “If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!”
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading “If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!”
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading “Listen to me and heed me!”
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
From this reading “Knowles--The Hunchback.”
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
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 “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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dwell
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
react verbally
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
From this reading Knowles--The Hunchback.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Knowles--The Hunchback.
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
hear with intention
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
not any; not one
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
belonging to which person
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
Chapter 13 of Captain Paul by Alexandre Dumas holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 13 holds 173 sentences of Captain Paul, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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