Chapter 4 of Original Short Stories — Volume 11 is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Original Short Stories — Volume 11 is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said. “Which boulevard?” “The Boulevard des Italiens.” “We passed that a long time ago!” “Would you mind telling my husband?”
Chapter 4 of Original Short Stories — Volume 11 is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 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.
in the past
From this reading ““We passed that a long time ago!””
a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading ““Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.”
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading ““The Boulevard des Italiens.””
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading ““Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading ““Would you mind telling my husband?””
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ““Would you mind telling my husband?””
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading ““We passed that a long time ago!””
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading ““Would you mind telling my husband?””
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 “We passed that a long time ago!”
in the past
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading “The Boulevard des Italiens.”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Boulevard des Italiens.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Is it far from the Boulevard?” she said.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We passed that a long time ago!”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Which boulevard?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Would you mind telling my husband?”
Chapter 4 of Original Short Stories — Volume 11 by Guy de Maupassant holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 216 sentences of Original Short Stories — Volume 11, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Original Short Stories — Volume 11 by Guy de Maupassant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 144 minutes of reading across 346 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Original Short Stories — Volume 11 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Original Short Stories — Volume 11, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
