Chapter 19 of Gladiator is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Gladiator is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
If the world did not want him, he would leave the world. Perhaps he was a menace to it. Perhaps he should kill himself. But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up. Frenzy departed, then numbness.
Chapter 19 of Gladiator is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
the act of burning something
From this reading “But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.”
well in the past; former
From this reading “Frenzy departed, then numbness.”
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading “Frenzy departed, then numbness.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Perhaps he should kill himself.”
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “Perhaps he was a menace to it.”
partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
From this reading “Frenzy departed, then numbness.”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading “But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.”
past form of “sicken” — cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
From this reading “But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.”
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.
anew
In this reading “But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading “But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.”
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 Perhaps he was a menace to it.
the act of burning something
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
well in the past; former
From this reading Frenzy departed, then numbness.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading Frenzy departed, then numbness.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Perhaps he should kill himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps he was a menace to it.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Perhaps he should kill himself.
go away from a place
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading Perhaps he was a menace to it.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
From this reading Frenzy departed, then numbness.
on one occasion
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps he was a menace to it.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Perhaps he should kill himself.
past form of “sicken” — cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Frenzy departed, then numbness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps he was a menace to it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But his burning, sickened heart refused once more to give up.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps he was a menace to it.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If the world did not want him, he would leave the world.
Chapter 19 of Gladiator by Philip Wylie holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 19 holds 409 sentences of Gladiator, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Gladiator by Philip Wylie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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