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The Crossing

Chapter XXXIV · Chapter 34

Chapter 34 of The Crossing is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.
This was undoubtedly due to the heat.
And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.
We reached the archway.
Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Crossing

Chapter XXXIV · Chapter 34

Chapter 34 of The Crossing is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.
Line 2
This was undoubtedly due to the heat.
Line 3
And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.
Line 4
We reached the archway.
Line 5
Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

Learner Dictionary

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

Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.”

All words in this reading · 56

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a

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admiration

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

after

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

air

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and

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archway

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From this reading We reached the archway.

As

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astonishing

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at

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

awe

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

been

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beside

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

by

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

coat

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

come

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

conversation

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

court

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

down

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

due

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From this reading This was undoubtedly due to the heat.

edge

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

felt

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

for

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

from

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

had

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

heat

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From this reading This was undoubtedly due to the heat.

held

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

her

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

I

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

in

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la

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

lady

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

lightly

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

looking

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

Madame

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

magnified

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

me

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

my

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

of

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

reached

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From this reading We reached the archway.

spun

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

string

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

suspended

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

the

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

This

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From this reading This was undoubtedly due to the heat.

though

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

through

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

tied

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

to

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

undoubtedly

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From this reading This was undoubtedly due to the heat.

veritable

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

Vicomtesse

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From this reading Madame la Vicomtesse held me lightly by the edge of my coat, and I stood looking down at her.

was

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From this reading This was undoubtedly due to the heat.

we

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

went

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From this reading As we went through the court I felt as though I had been tied to a string, suspended in the air, and spun.

which

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From this reading And after the astonishing conversation from which we had come, my admiration for the lady beside me was magnified to a veritable awe.

Chapter 34 of The Crossing by Winston Churchill holds 333 sentences, grouped into 67 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.

What does chapter 34 of The Crossing contain?

Chapter 34 holds 333 sentences of The Crossing, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 34 of The Crossing by Winston Churchill exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 333 sentences, grouped into 67 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.

How do I study chapter 34 of The Crossing?

Work through the 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 67 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 34 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 34 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Crossing?

Yes. All 13346 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #388 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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How long does The Crossing take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2670 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Crossing

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Crossing, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Under
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Crossing; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ridge
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Crossing; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Evening
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Crossing; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Light
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Crossing; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.