Chapter 4 of Luna Benamor is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Luna Benamor is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But again her harsh laughter interrupted me. "'Quit it, boy. Don't bother me.' "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion. "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
Chapter 4 of Luna Benamor is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “Don't bother me.'”
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
From this reading “"And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.”
unpleasantly stern
From this reading “"But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.”
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading “"And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.”
the act of fixing firmly in place
From this reading “"And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “"'Quit it, boy.”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “"'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!”
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading “"And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.”
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 "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
anew
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading Don't bother me.'
a youthful male person
From this reading "'Quit it, boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
dearly loved
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't bother me.'
a boy or man
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
a long fixed look
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
unpleasantly stern
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "'Quit it, boy.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But again her harsh laughter interrupted me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
the act of fixing firmly in place
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading "'Quit it, boy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading "And planting herself before me she wrapped me in a gaze of infinite compassion.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'Why my dear fellow, how silly you are!
Chapter 4 of Luna Benamor by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 4 holds 448 sentences of Luna Benamor, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Luna Benamor by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 90 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 150 minutes of reading across 361 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Luna Benamor section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Luna Benamor, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
