Chapter 19 of Romance is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Romance is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly. He jumped up. “You--Señorita! For a miserable old man! You break my heart.”
Chapter 19 of Romance is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 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.
terminate
From this reading “You break my heart.””
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.”
the organ of sight
From this reading “He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “He jumped up.”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “For a miserable old man!”
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
From this reading “He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.”
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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 For a miserable old man!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
terminate
From this reading You break my heart.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
the organ of sight
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a miserable old man!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading You break my heart.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading He jumped up.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading For a miserable old man!
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading For a miserable old man!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You break my heart.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading For a miserable old man!
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You--Señorita!
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading He was looking up at her, as if struck dumb, roiling his eye wildly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You--Señorita!
Chapter 19 of Romance by Joseph Conrad holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 19 holds 395 sentences of Romance, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Romance by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Romance, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
