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Marguerite de Valois

Chapter XXV

Chapter 25 of Marguerite de Valois is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE HOROSCOPE.
On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.
It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.
But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.
"Well," said the queen, "have you seen him?"
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Marguerite de Valois

Chapter XXV

Chapter 25 of Marguerite de Valois is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE HOROSCOPE.
/ðə ˈhɔːrəskoʊp/
Line 2
On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.
Line 3
It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.
Line 4
But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.
Line 5
"Well," said the queen, "have you seen him?"
/wel sed ðə kwiːn hæv juː siːn hɪm/

Learner Dictionary

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.

astrologer noun US /əˈstrɑːlədʒər/

someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon

From this reading “It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.”

chamber noun US /ˈtʃeɪmbər/

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading “On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.”

horoscope noun US /ˈhɔːrəskoʊp/

a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets

From this reading “THE HOROSCOPE.”

informed adjective US /ˌɪnˈfɔːrmd/

having much knowledge or education

From this reading “On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.”

oratory noun US /ˈɔːrətɔːri/

addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

From this reading “On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.”

previous adjective US /ˈpriːviəs/

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading “But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.”

Saint noun US /seɪnt/

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading “It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.”

shop verb US /ʃɑːp/

do one's shopping

From this reading “It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

previous evening adjective + noun

In this reading “But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.”

first time adjective + noun

In this reading “It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.”

On leaving preposition + noun

In this reading “On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.”

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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.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

answerverbUS /ˈænsər/

react verbally

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

astrologernounUS /əˈstrɑːlədʒər/

someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

broughtverbUS /brɔːt/

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

Catharine

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

chambernounUS /ˈtʃeɪmbər/

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Well," said the queen, "have you seen him?"

HenrynounUS /ˈhenri/

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

HOROSCOPEnounUS /ˈhɔːrəskoʊp/

a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets

From this reading THE HOROSCOPE.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

informedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈfɔːrmd/

having much knowledge or education

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/

the act of departing

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

Michel

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

notenounUS /noʊt/

a brief written record

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

occurredverbUS /əˈkɜːrd/

inflected form of “occur” — come to pass

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

oratorynounUS /ˈɔːrətɔːri/

addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

personnounUS /ˈpɜːrsən/

a human being

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

Pont

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

previousadjectiveUS /ˈpriːviəs/

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

queennounUS /kwiːn/

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

Réné

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Well," said the queen, "have you seen him?"

SaintnounUS /seɪnt/

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

seenverbUS /siːn/

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

shopverbUS /ʃɑːp/

do one's shopping

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE HOROSCOPE.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

visitverbUS /ˈvɪzɪt/

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was the first time that the queen and the astrologer had seen each other since the visit the queen had made to his shop at the Pont Saint Michel.

WelladverbUS /wel/

(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," said the queen, "have you seen him?"

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading On leaving the oratory, in which she had just informed Henry all that had occurred, Catharine found Réné in her chamber.

writtenadjectiveUS /ˈrɪtən/

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading But the previous evening she had written him, and Réné had brought the answer to her note in person.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Well," said the queen, "have you seen him?"

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Marguerite
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