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Chantemerle

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of Chantemerle is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.
Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”
—G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.
Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.
The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.
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Chantemerle

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of Chantemerle is here in full — 152 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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PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.
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Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”
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—G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.
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Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.
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The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

candles noun US /ˈkændəlz/

plural of “candle” — stick of wax with a wick in the middle

From this reading “The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.”

des noun US /des/

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading “Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.””

dial noun US /ˈdaɪəl/

the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

From this reading “Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.”

politics noun US /ˈpɑːlətɪks/

social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

From this reading “PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.”

pour verb US /pɔːr/

cause to run

From this reading “PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.”

privilege noun US /ˈprɪvlədʒ/

a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

From this reading “Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.”

timepiece noun US /ˈtaɪmpiːs/

a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

From this reading “Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.”

upheld verb US /əpˈheld/

inflected form of “uphold” — keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

From this reading “Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

de la noun + noun

In this reading “Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.””

fight with verb + particle

In this reading “The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.”

All words in this reading · 87

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

armsnounUS /ɑːrmz/

weapons considered collectively

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

AunounUS /oʊ/

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

avait

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

candlesnounUS /ˈkændəlz/

plural of “candle” — stick of wax with a wick in the middle

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

Ces

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

chez

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

chinanounUS /ˈtʃaɪnə/

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

couragenounUS /ˈkɜːrədʒ/

a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

cours

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

d'un

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

d'une

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

daylightnounUS /ˈdeɪlaɪt/

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

desnounUS /des/

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

dialnounUS /ˈdaɪəl/

the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

doués

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

EightadjectiveUS /eɪt/

being one more than seven

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

et

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

eux

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

existencenounUS /eɡˈzɪstəns/

the state or fact of existing

From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

fierté

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

fightverbUS /faɪt/

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

firent

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

foughtverbUS /fɔːt/

inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

frivole

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

fut

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

GnounUS /dʒiː/

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading —G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

hommes

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

hooped

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From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

hostnounUS /hoʊst/

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

ils

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

l'apprentissage

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

lanounUS /lɑː/

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

LenounUS /lə/

a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading —G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.

LENOTRE

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From this reading —G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.

losingverbUS /ˈluːzɪŋ/

-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

MarquisnounUS /ˌmɑːrˈkiː/

humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

From this reading —G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.

mollesse

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

n'avait

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

nul

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/

according to the clock

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

paintedadjectiveUS /ˈpeɪntɪd/

coated with paint

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

plaisir

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

PLAYverbUS /pleɪ/

participate in games or sport

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

POLITICSnounUS /ˈpɑːlətɪks/

social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

pourverbUS /pɔːr/

cause to run

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

preuve

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

privilegenounUS /ˈprɪvlədʒ/

a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

préparé

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

qu'au

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

qu'on

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

qu'une

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

rencontrer

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

roomnounUS /ruːm/

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

Rouërie

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From this reading —G. LENOTRE, _Le Marquis de la Rouërie_.

révolutionnaire

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

s'étonne

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

shepherdesses

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From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

souplesse

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

stoicisme

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

struckadjectiveUS /strʌk/

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

tache

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

tempête

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

terribleadjectiveUS /ˈterəbəl/

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

timepiecenounUS /ˈtaɪmpiːs/

a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

upheldverbUS /əpˈheld/

inflected form of “uphold” — keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

vitale

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

well-furnished

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From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Eight o’clock had just struck from the great timepiece whose dial had the privilege of being upheld in the arms of two hooped and painted china shepherdesses.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The dying daylight fought a losing fight with the host of candles in the large, well-furnished room.

à

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From this reading Au cours de la tempête révolutionnaire, ils firent preuve d’un courage, d’une fierté, d’un stoicisme qu’on s’étonne de rencontrer chez des hommes qu’une existence frivole n’avait préparé qu’au plaisir et à la mollesse.”

étaient

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

étrange

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

été

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From this reading PLAY AND POLITICS “Ces hommes étaient doués d’une étrange souplesse vitale: pour eux l’apprentissage avait été nul, et la tache fut terrible.

Chapter 4 of Chantemerle by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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.

What does chapter 4 of Chantemerle contain?

Chapter 4 holds 152 sentences of Chantemerle, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Chantemerle by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of Chantemerle?

Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 31 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.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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.

Questions about reading Chantemerle

Common questions about reading Chantemerle by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Chantemerle?

Yes. All 10645 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #70103 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Chantemerle is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #70103, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Chantemerle take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2129 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Chantemerle section by section

How to work through Chantemerle section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 40 chapters of Chantemerle to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Chantemerle

Words and structures a reader meets early in Chantemerle, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Melius
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chantemerle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bello
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chantemerle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Videre
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chantemerle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gentis
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chantemerle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.