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Chapter 3 of The Escape of Arsène Lupin is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Fichtre!” he exclaimed. “Our friend smokes a good cigar. It’s a Henry Clay.” With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack. Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise.
Chapter 3 of The Escape of Arsène Lupin is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading ““Our friend smokes a good cigar.”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “It’s a Henry Clay.””
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.”
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading “With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.”
using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
From this reading “With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.”
a person who smokes tobacco
From this reading “With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.”
plural of “smoke” — a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading ““Our friend smokes a good cigar.”
past form of “squeeze” — to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading “With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.”
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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 “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading It’s a Henry Clay.”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Fichtre!” he exclaimed.
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From this reading “Fichtre!” he exclaimed.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Fichtre!” he exclaimed.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading It’s a Henry Clay.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a Henry Clay.”
engage in
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
a person who smokes tobacco
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
plural of “smoke” — a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “Our friend smokes a good cigar.
past form of “squeeze” — to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
communicated in words
From this reading Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack.
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