Chapter 9 of Dr. Dumany's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Dr. Dumany's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands. All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once. Cavalry is advancing." "Cavalry of the enemy?" I asked.
Chapter 9 of Dr. Dumany's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
large but transportable armament
From this reading “While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.”
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.”
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading “While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.”
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “Cavalry is advancing."”
plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.”
the sound made by beating a drum
From this reading “All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.”
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
From this reading “While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.”
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
From this reading “All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
moving forward
From this reading Cavalry is advancing."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
large but transportable armament
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
next to; at the side of
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading Cavalry is advancing."
plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
the sound made by beating a drum
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
an opposing military force
From this reading "Cavalry of the enemy?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cavalry is advancing."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
on one occasion
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
term of address for a man
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
during the time that
From this reading While the artillery was pealing, the bugle was sounding the commands.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All at once a strange drumbeat was heard from beside us, and the veteran sergeant at my elbow said-- "Sir, we must get out of this with our beds at once.
Chapter 9 of Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 9 holds 420 sentences of Dr. Dumany's Wife, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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 9 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.
Common questions about reading Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4225 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18708 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #18708, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 352 minutes of reading across 845 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Dr. Dumany's Wife section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 10 chapters of Dr. Dumany's Wife to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dr. Dumany's Wife, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
