Chapter 30 of Gómez Arias is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Gómez Arias is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires. _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires. _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio! Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas. _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
Chapter 30 of Gómez Arias is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “belle” — a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “_Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.”
plural of “coup” — a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
From this reading “_Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “_Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!”
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading “Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.”
French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
common sense
From this reading “_Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.”
past form of “pore” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading “Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.”
an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
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.
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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 Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
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From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
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From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
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From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
plural of “belle” — a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
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From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
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From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
plural of “coup” — a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
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From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
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From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
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From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
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From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
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From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
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From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
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From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
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From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
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From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
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From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
not any; not one
From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
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From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
common sense
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
past form of “pore” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
give an incentive for action
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Moliere._ No nos rompas la cabeza Hombre----Pero Ay Dios mio!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mer._ Ce sont la de mes moindres coups, De petits souflets ordinaires.
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cruz._ "_Valga me el cielo!_" exclaimed Roque, "Oh Maria, oh Rufa!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Sos._ Si j'etois aussi prompt que vous, Nous ferions de belles affaires.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading Pored un freno a mi lengua; Y ojala que esta no fuese La menor de mis flaquezas.
Chapter 30 of Gómez Arias by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío holds 144 sentences, grouped into 29 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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