Chapter 10 of The Art is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Art is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MME. DE CÉRAN. (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be? DUCHESS. (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
Chapter 10 of The Art is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading “DUCHESS.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “(_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.”
plural of “newcomer” — any new participant in some activity
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “(_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?”
not in physical motion
express in words
From this reading “(_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.”
hard to endure
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “(_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DE CÉRAN.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading DE CÉRAN.
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading DUCHESS.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MME.
plural of “newcomer” — any new participant in some activity
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
not in physical motion
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
express in words
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
hard to endure
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
which person or people
From this reading (_Trying to see the newcomers_) Who can it be?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_Still urging her out_) I’ll tell you everything.
Chapter 10 of The Art by Edouard Pailleron holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 10 holds 407 sentences of The Art, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Art by Edouard Pailleron exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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