Chapter 16 of Pierre is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Pierre is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY. I. The stage was belated. The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants. There was no moon and few stars.
Chapter 16 of Pierre is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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accomplishment of an objective
From this reading “FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.”
after the expected or usual time; delayed
From this reading “The stage was belated.”
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
a public road from one place to another
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
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In this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
In this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
In this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
In this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
In this reading “FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.”
In this reading “FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.”
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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 The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
after the expected or usual time; delayed
From this reading The stage was belated.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading The stage was belated.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
a public road from one place to another
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The stage was belated.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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Chapter 16 holds 298 sentences of Pierre, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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