Chapter 14 of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over. What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge. Oh ho! all is well, the storm is over. I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point. Shall I help you still?
Chapter 14 of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading “What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.”
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading “I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.”
give encouragement to
From this reading “What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.”
a boy or man
From this reading “How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.”
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading “What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
(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 Oh ho! all is well, the storm is over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
give encouragement to
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
a boy or man
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Shall I help you still?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh ho! all is well, the storm is over.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh ho! all is well, the storm is over.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
above and across; more than
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
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From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I help you still?
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
not in physical motion
From this reading Shall I help you still?
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
(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 Oh ho! all is well, the storm is over.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What cheer, ho, fore and aft? quoth Panurge.
at the time that
From this reading How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I beseech ye, be so kind as to let me be the first that is sent on shore; for I would by all means a little untruss a point.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shall I help you still?
Chapter 14 of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by François Rabelais holds 36 sentences, grouped into 8 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.
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