Chapter 7 of Gladiator is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Gladiator is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"She doesn't look rough." Both youths watched her. Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that. "Well, look out, Hugo. If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
Chapter 7 of Gladiator is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading “"Well, look out, Hugo.”
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
slender and graceful
From this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “Both youths watched her.”
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 “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
In this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
In this reading “Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.”
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
In this reading “"Well, look out, Hugo.”
In this reading “If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.”
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 Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both youths watched her.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She doesn't look rough."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
divisible by two
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Both youths watched her.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading "Well, look out, Hugo.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "She doesn't look rough."
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Well, look out, Hugo.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
participate in games or sport
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading "She doesn't look rough."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She doesn't look rough."
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Both youths watched her.
(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 "Well, look out, Hugo.
slender and graceful
From this reading Long, dark hair, willowy body, high, pale forehead, thin nose, red mouth, smiling like a lewd agnostic and dancing close to her partner, enjoying even that.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If she wants to play, don't let her play with your heart.
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Both youths watched her.
Chapter 7 of Gladiator by Philip Wylie holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 7 holds 403 sentences of Gladiator, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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