Chapter 9 of Gladiator is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Gladiator is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hugo put it down. Charlotte would be good to him. In a way, he didn't deserve her. And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too. He hesitated to read her note.
Chapter 9 of Gladiator is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
From this reading “Charlotte would be good to him.”
be worthy or deserving
From this reading “In a way, he didn't deserve her.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “He hesitated to read her note.”
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading “Hugo put it down.”
go away from a place
From this reading “And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.”
a brief written record
From this reading “He hesitated to read her note.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “He hesitated to read her note.”
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In this reading “And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.”
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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 In a way, he didn't deserve her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
be worthy or deserving
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Hugo put it down.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading He hesitated to read her note.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading Hugo put it down.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hugo put it down.
go away from a place
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
a brief written record
From this reading He hesitated to read her note.
by chance
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Hugo put it down.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading He hesitated to read her note.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading In a way, he didn't deserve her.
at the time that
From this reading And when he was famous, some day, perhaps she would leave him, too.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Charlotte would be good to him.
Chapter 9 of Gladiator by Philip Wylie holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 412 sentences of Gladiator, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Gladiator by Philip Wylie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
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