Chapter 9 of Mayflower (Flor de mayo) is here in full — 850 sentences across 170 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Mayflower (Flor de mayo) is here in full — 850 sentences across 170 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"PROOFS! PROOFS! ROSARIO!" God had poor folks in mind that year! The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
Chapter 9 of Mayflower (Flor de mayo) is here in full — 850 sentences across 170 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.”
a situation in which people or things are crowded together
From this reading “The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.”
your parents
From this reading “God had poor folks in mind that year!”
plural of “proof” — any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading “"PROOFS!”
a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina
From this reading “ROSARIO!"”
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “God had poor folks in mind that year!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
a situation in which people or things are crowded together
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
your parents
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
plural of “proof” — any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading "PROOFS!
a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina
From this reading ROSARIO!"
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The women of the Cabanal, crowding the beach in the afternoon, were sure of that.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading God had poor folks in mind that year!
Chapter 9 of Mayflower (Flor de mayo) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez holds 850 sentences, grouped into 170 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 850 sentences of Mayflower (Flor de mayo), unabridged, divided into 170 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Mayflower (Flor de mayo) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 850 sentences, grouped into 170 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 170 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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