Chapter 3 of The Devourers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Devourers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger. _"E tisica!"_ he said. Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his. "Tisica!" Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
Chapter 3 of The Devourers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading “Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.”
-ing form of “bolt” — move or jump suddenly
From this reading “Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.”
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading “Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.”
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading “Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.”
past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading “Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.”
death of a person
From this reading “Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.”
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.
In this reading “Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.”
In this reading “Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.”
In this reading “Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.”
In this reading “Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.”
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 Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
-ing form of “bolt” — move or jump suddenly
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading _"E tisica!"_ he said.
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
death of a person
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _"E tisica!"_ he said.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading _"E tisica!"_ he said.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Her heart stopped beating, and then galloped off like a bolting horse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _"E tisica!"_ he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Valeria started back, and dragged her hands from his.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nino looked grave, and tapped his chest with his finger.
Chapter 3 of The Devourers by Annie Vivanti holds 410 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 3 holds 410 sentences of The Devourers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Devourers by Annie Vivanti exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 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.
Each of the 82 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.
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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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