Chapter 35 of Deirdre is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of Deirdre is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him. He strode to the captain of his troop. “Well, my soul?” “We have begun, majesty.” “How is it going?”
Chapter 35 of Deirdre is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/11 · 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.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ““We have begun, majesty.””
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.”
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading “Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.”
impressiveness in scale or proportion
From this reading ““We have begun, majesty.””
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading “Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.”
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading “He strode to the captain of his troop.”
a group of soldiers
From this reading “He strode to the captain of his troop.”
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 “Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “We have begun, majesty.”
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading He strode to the captain of his troop.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
the act of departing
From this reading “How is it going?”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have begun, majesty.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He strode to the captain of his troop.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He strode to the captain of his troop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How is it going?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “How is it going?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “How is it going?”
impressiveness in scale or proportion
From this reading “We have begun, majesty.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Well, my soul?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Well, my soul?”
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading He strode to the captain of his troop.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Conachúr had come to the Red Branch, and a great roar of cheering greeted him.
a group of soldiers
From this reading He strode to the captain of his troop.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We have begun, majesty.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, my soul?”
Chapter 35 of Deirdre by James Stephens holds 56 sentences, grouped into 12 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 35 holds 56 sentences of Deirdre, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 35 of Deirdre by James Stephens exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 56 sentences, grouped into 12 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 12 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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