Chapter 8 of Tartarin of Tarascon is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Tartarin of Tarascon is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Of course! Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant! No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more. Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.” “O Prince! prince!”
Chapter 8 of Tartarin of Tarascon is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.”
plural of “language” — a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.”
plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
plural of “usage” — the act of using
From this reading “Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!”
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
the act of departing
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
widely known and esteemed
From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
plural of “language” — a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
go away from a place
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
engage in
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
march in a procession
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
not any; not one
From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O Prince! prince!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “O Prince! prince!”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
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From this reading No, no, illustrious Tartarin, I shall quit you no more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
plural of “usage” — the act of using
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
in or at the place that
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
belonging to which person
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Go where you will, I shall make one of the party.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Do you think I am going to leave you to march by yourself into the heart of Africa, in the midst of ferocious tribes of whose languages and usages you are ignorant!
Chapter 8 of Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 8 holds 176 sentences of Tartarin of Tarascon, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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