Chapter 31 of Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 31 of Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Horrible nightmare, leave me! I do not wish to sleep. But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me. I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene. But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
Chapter 31 of Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a blemish made by dirt
From this reading “I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.”
inflected form of “blot” — dry (ink) with blotting paper
From this reading “But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.”
psychological suffering
From this reading “But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.”
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.”
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading “Horrible nightmare, leave me!”
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading “But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.”
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading “But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.”
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading “But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
a blemish made by dirt
From this reading I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.
inflected form of “blot” — dry (ink) with blotting paper
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.
psychological suffering
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
provoking horror
From this reading Horrible nightmare, leave me!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
go away from a place
From this reading Horrible nightmare, leave me!
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 But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Horrible nightmare, leave me!
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading Horrible nightmare, leave me!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading I wish I could blot from my memory the melancholy scene.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But one night passes, and then another, and the scene is not blotted out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But the bad dream which I long to fling from my remembrance returns to distress me.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I do not wish to sleep.
Chapter 31 of Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor by Benito Pérez Galdós holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
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