Chapter 14 of The Alchemist is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Alchemist is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FACT, deed, act, crime. FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling. FAECES, dregs. FAGIOLI, French beans. FAIN, forced, necessitated.
Chapter 14 of The Alchemist is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “FAGIOLI, French beans.”
happiness felt in a secure relationship
From this reading “FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.”
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading “FACT, deed, act, crime.”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “FACT, deed, act, crime.”
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
From this reading “FAECES, dregs.”
having made preparations
From this reading “FAIN, forced, necessitated.”
past form of “necessitate” — require as useful, just, or proper
From this reading “FAIN, forced, necessitated.”
arousing to action or rebellion
From this reading “FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading FACT, deed, act, crime.
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading FAGIOLI, French beans.
happiness felt in a secure relationship
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading FACT, deed, act, crime.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading FACT, deed, act, crime.
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
From this reading FAECES, dregs.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading FACT, deed, act, crime.
dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
From this reading FAECES, dregs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FAGIOLI, French beans.
having made preparations
From this reading FAIN, forced, necessitated.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading FAIN, forced, necessitated.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading FAGIOLI, French beans.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
past form of “necessitate” — require as useful, just, or proper
From this reading FAIN, forced, necessitated.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
arousing to action or rebellion
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling.
Chapter 14 of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 14 holds 398 sentences of The Alchemist, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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