Chapter 5 of Original Short Stories — Volume 12 is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Original Short Stories — Volume 12 is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“'Henry-Henry de Sampierre!' “Then I was told that he was going to marry you. That was a blow! Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible! I wept all through three sleepless nights.
Chapter 5 of Original Short Stories — Volume 12 is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 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.
exhale hard
From this reading “That was a blow!”
take in marriage
From this reading ““Then I was told that he was going to marry you.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “I wept all through three sleepless nights.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible!”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “I wept all through three sleepless nights.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “I wept all through three sleepless nights.”
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading “I wept all through three sleepless nights.”
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 That was a blow!
(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 I wept all through three sleepless nights.
exhale hard
From this reading That was a blow!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “'Henry-Henry de Sampierre!'
the act of departing
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Henry-Henry de Sampierre!'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
take in marriage
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading I wept all through three sleepless nights.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Henry-Henry de Sampierre!'
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible!
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading I wept all through three sleepless nights.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Oh, sister, a terrible blow--terrible!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I wept all through three sleepless nights.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I wept all through three sleepless nights.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading I wept all through three sleepless nights.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then I was told that he was going to marry you.
Chapter 5 of Original Short Stories — Volume 12 by Guy de Maupassant holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 212 sentences of Original Short Stories — Volume 12, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Original Short Stories — Volume 12 by Guy de Maupassant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 120 minutes of reading across 289 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Original Short Stories — Volume 12 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 12, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
