Chapter 11 of Cartouche is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Cartouche is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Listen, dear signora. I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice. My father loves me, he is rich, he consents. I find her tied to this man. Imagine, if you can, my despair.
Chapter 11 of Cartouche is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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.
speak to
From this reading “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
permission to do something
From this reading “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
plural of “consent” — permission to do something
From this reading “My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.”
obtain
From this reading “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.”
bound or secured closely
From this reading “I find her tied to this man.”
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 “I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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speak to
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Imagine, if you can, my despair.
permission to do something
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
plural of “consent” — permission to do something
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
dearly loved
From this reading "Listen, dear signora.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Imagine, if you can, my despair.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I find her tied to this man.
obtain
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I find her tied to this man.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Imagine, if you can, my despair.
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading Imagine, if you can, my despair.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
hear with intention
From this reading "Listen, dear signora.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I find her tied to this man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
possessing material wealth
From this reading My father loves me, he is rich, he consents.
an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name
From this reading "Listen, dear signora.
an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to “Miss”, it is either used alone or before a name
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I find her tied to this man.
bound or secured closely
From this reading I find her tied to this man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Imagine, if you can, my despair.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I came here hoping to gain your consent to address myself to the signorina Beatrice.
Chapter 11 of Cartouche by Frances Mary Peard holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 11 holds 426 sentences of Cartouche, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Cartouche by Frances Mary Peard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 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 11 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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