Chapter 5 of Fallen Fortunes is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of Fallen Fortunes is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him. Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap. He would not fail, falter, or refuse. The great mass seemed rushing up against him. He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
Chapter 5 of Fallen Fortunes is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 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.
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading “Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.”
be unsure or weak
From this reading “He would not fail, falter, or refuse.”
plural of “flank” — the side of military or naval formation
From this reading “He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.”
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.”
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading “The great mass seemed rushing up against him.”
an occurrence of control or strength weakening
From this reading “He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.”
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
From this reading “He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.”
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 “The great mass seemed rushing up against him.”
leave
In this reading “He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.”
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.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
be unsure or weak
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
plural of “flank” — the side of military or naval formation
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
an occurrence of control or strength weakening
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He felt the tension of the muscles beneath him.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The great mass seemed rushing up against him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Don Carlos was gathering himself together for the leap.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He felt the slackening with which Don Carlos faced his task, the motion of his flanks as he took off and rose.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would not fail, falter, or refuse.
Chapter 5 of Fallen Fortunes by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 424 sentences of Fallen Fortunes, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Fallen Fortunes by Evelyn Everett-Green exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 5 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 Fallen Fortunes by Evelyn Everett-Green on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3830 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45201 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #45201, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 319 minutes of reading across 766 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Fallen Fortunes section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Fallen Fortunes 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 Fallen Fortunes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
