Chapter 5 of Robert Tournay is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Robert Tournay is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic." No answer. Crash! Crash! Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
Chapter 5 of Robert Tournay is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
react verbally
From this reading “No answer.”
exhale hard
From this reading “Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."”
an impressive country house (or castle) in France
From this reading “Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.”
fall or come down violently
From this reading “Crash!”
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."”
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading “A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."”
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.
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In this reading “Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.”
In this reading “Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.”
In this reading “A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."”
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 A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
react verbally
From this reading No answer.
exhale hard
From this reading Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
an impressive country house (or castle) in France
From this reading Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
fall or come down violently
From this reading Crash!
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
not any; not one
From this reading No answer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A BROKEN DOOR "Open, in the name of the Republic."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Blow followed blow upon the door of the old chateau.
Chapter 5 of Robert Tournay by William Sage holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 5 holds 175 sentences of Robert Tournay, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Robert Tournay by William Sage exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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