Complete classic literature • Five-line readings • Clear US narration
VELMORA ACADEMY
Academy of Archival Languages & Memory Studies
Menu Close
Tarrano the Conqueror
Tarrano the Conqueror

Chapter XI

Cover illustration for Tarrano the Conqueror
Context Illustration Reading 1/44 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
_Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.
Georg escaped, as I have recounted.
Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.
I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.
I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.
0:00 / 0:00
Speed 0.75x
AI-generated narration by OpenAI · Slow US English
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending

A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Tarrano the Conqueror

Chapter XI

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.
Line 2
Georg escaped, as I have recounted.
Line 3
Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.
Line 4
I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.
Line 5
I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “_Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Georg escaped, as I have recounted.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “_Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.”

Myself pronoun US /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading “I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “_Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.”

All words in this reading · 47

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Georg escaped, as I have recounted.

barrage

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

bending

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

broad

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

came

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

dissolved

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

divan

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

dizzily

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

Elza

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

escaped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Georg escaped, as I have recounted.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

Georg

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Georg escaped, as I have recounted.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Georg escaped, as I have recounted.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

isolation

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.

moments

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

now

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading I came to myself on the broad divan and found Elza bending over me.

recounted

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Georg escaped, as I have recounted.

reeling

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

rendered

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.

revert

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

room

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

sat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

Tara

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

Tarrano

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

there

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

thrown

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

tower

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

unconscious

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Tarrano--there in the tower room--rendered me unconscious.

up

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I sat up, dizzily, with the room reeling.

Wolfgar

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Tara_ I must revert now to those moments in the tower room when Tarrano dissolved the isolation barrage which Wolfgar had thrown around us.