Chapter 7 of The Death of the Gods is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Death of the Gods is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Arsinoë! At last! So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?" She came in and deigned a smile to everyone. She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
Chapter 7 of The Death of the Gods is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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forsake, leave behind
From this reading “So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"”
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading “She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.”
past form of “deign” — do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
From this reading “She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.”
every person
From this reading “She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.”
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading “She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.”
a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
From this reading “So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"”
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.”
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
From this reading “So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
forsake, leave behind
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Arsinoë!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
past form of “deign” — do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
every person
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
immediately past
From this reading At last!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
Identical; not different.
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She came in and deigned a smile to everyone.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was the same disk-thrower whom a month before Julian had seen in the abandoned wrestling-ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So you've made up your mind to abandon physics and modelling for our company?"
Chapter 7 of The Death of the Gods by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 418 sentences of The Death of the Gods, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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