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The Dead Command

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Dead Command is here in full — 487 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 3 of The Dead Command by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez holds 487 sentences, grouped into 98 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.

What does chapter 3 of The Dead Command contain?

Chapter 3 holds 487 sentences of The Dead Command, unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of The Dead Command by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 487 sentences, grouped into 98 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 3 of The Dead Command?

Work through the 98 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 98 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 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 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 Dead Command?

Yes. All 5139 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #27068 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Dead Command is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #27068, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Dead Command take to read?

About 428 minutes of reading across 1028 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Dead Command

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

Jaime
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Dead Command; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Febrer
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Arose
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O'clock
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JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.
When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.
"I am a Chueta, and what of that?
A Jew of the Jews!
All of my family come from 'the street.'
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Dead Command

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Dead Command is here in full — 487 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/98 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.
Line 2
When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.
Line 3
"I am a Chueta, and what of that?
Line 4
A Jew of the Jews!
Line 5
All of my family come from 'the street.'

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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 “When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.”

Throughout preposition US /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading “JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.”

All words in this reading · 53

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

all

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading "I am a Chueta, and what of that?

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

Borne

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

cafe

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

Chueta

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From this reading "I am a Chueta, and what of that?

circle

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

come

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From this reading All of my family come from 'the street.'

compact

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

del

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

discreet

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

ever

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

family

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From this reading All of my family come from 'the street.'

forceful

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

form

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading All of my family come from 'the street.'

GENTILE

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

gestures

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "I am a Chueta, and what of that?

incapable

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

JEW

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

Jews

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From this reading A Jew of the Jews!

known

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

listeners

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

loud

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading All of my family come from 'the street.'

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

Pablo

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

Palma

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

Paseo

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

seated

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

smiling

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

street

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From this reading All of my family come from 'the street.'

terrace

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "I am a Chueta, and what of that?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

tones

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

Valls

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From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

voice

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From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "I am a Chueta, and what of that?

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones.