Chapter 21 of Edmond Dantès is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Edmond Dantès is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE THIRD DAY. The next morning the following placard attracted general attention: "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere. We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry. The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
Chapter 21 of Edmond Dantès is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading “The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “"CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.”
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading “We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.”
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading “"CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.”
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading “The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.”
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading “"CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.”
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
From this reading “We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.”
post in a public place
From this reading “The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:”
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 We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE THIRD DAY.
(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
to or in any or all places
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
and nothing more
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
post in a public place
From this reading The next morning the following placard attracted general attention:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THIRD DAY.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading THE THIRD DAY.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "CITIZENS OF PARIS: Orders have been given to cease firing everywhere.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have just been charged by the King to form a new Ministry.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The Chamber will be dissolved and an appeal made to the country.
Chapter 21 of Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 21 holds 221 sentences of Edmond Dantès, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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