Chapter 6 of Tales of My Native Town is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tales of My Native Town is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion. At last they said, “Oh, very well! Very well!” But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed. All her efforts then were useless.
Chapter 6 of Tales of My Native Town is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “argument” — a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading “At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.”
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
From this reading “At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.”
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “All her efforts then were useless.”
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading “At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.”
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
From this reading “But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.”
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading “At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.”
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading “All her efforts then were useless.”
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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 At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
(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 All her efforts then were useless.
plural of “argument” — a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
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From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading All her efforts then were useless.
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
immediately past
From this reading At last they said, “Oh, very well!
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading At last they said, “Oh, very well!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At last they said, “Oh, very well!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading All her efforts then were useless.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At first they listened to her enticing arguments for a diversion.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading All her efforts then were useless.
precisely as stated
From this reading At last they said, “Oh, very well!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading At last they said, “Oh, very well!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All her efforts then were useless.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But with a certain inflection of the voice which left Candia crushed.
Chapter 6 of Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio holds 393 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 6 holds 393 sentences of Tales of My Native Town, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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