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The Furnace

Chapter VII

Chapter 7 of The Furnace is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Rose Macaulay • Curated US English Learning Edition
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RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'
MAETERLINCK.
At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.
'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.
'Pity, isn't it?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Furnace

Chapter VII

Chapter 7 of The Furnace is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'
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MAETERLINCK.
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At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.
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'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.
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'Pity, isn't it?

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

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brule noun US /bruːl/

a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
des noun US /des/

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

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les noun US /les/

plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

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lunch verb US /lʌntʃ/

take the midday meal

From this reading “'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.”

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nous noun US /nuːs/

common sense

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

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retrospect noun US /ˈretrəspekt/

contemplation of things past

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

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Sicily noun US /ˈsɪsəli/

the Italian region on the island of Sicily

From this reading “At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.”

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sur noun US /sɜːr/

a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

From this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

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Word partnerships in these lines

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.

sur le noun + noun

In this reading “RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'”

563 times in 426,211 chapters
three weeks noun + noun counted as “three week”

In this reading “'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.”

13,168 times in 426,211 chapters
At the end preposition + article + noun counted as “at … end”

In this reading “At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.”

65,688 times in 426,211 chapters
stay there verb + particle

In this reading “At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.”

9,361 times in 426,211 chapters
first week adjective + noun

In this reading “At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.”

2,795 times in 426,211 chapters
rest of verb + particle

In this reading “At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.”

80,160 times in 426,211 chapters
for three preposition + noun

In this reading “'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.”

21,677 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 69

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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autour

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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brulenounUS /bruːl/

a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
brulent

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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C'est

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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chancenounUS /tʃæns/

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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clarte

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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D'autres

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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desnounUS /des/

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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eatingnounUS /ˈiːtɪŋ/

the act of consuming food

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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feuilles

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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foret

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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garde

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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isn't

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From this reading 'Pity, isn't it?

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itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 'Pity, isn't it?

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jours

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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LanounUS /lɑː/

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lenounUS /lə/

a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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lesnounUS /les/

plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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lunchverbUS /lʌntʃ/

take the midday meal

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MAETERLINCKnoun

Belgian playwright (1862-1949)

From this reading MAETERLINCK.

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MarchverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/

march in a procession

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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monthnounUS /mʌnθ/

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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mortes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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nousnounUS /nuːs/

common sense

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ouvriront

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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PitynounUS /ˈpɪti/

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

From this reading 'Pity, isn't it?

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portes

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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probablyadverbUS /ˈprɑːbəbliː/

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Qui

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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remarkedverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkt/

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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restverbUS /rest/

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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RETROSPECTnounUS /ˈretrəspekt/

contemplation of things past

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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SEARCH-LIGHT

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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seuil

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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shan't

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From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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SicilynounUS /ˈsɪsəli/

the Italian region on the island of Sicily

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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stayverbUS /steɪ/

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
surnounUS /sɜːr/

a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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Tommy

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From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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tooadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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Venables

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From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

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verrous

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From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

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wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
weeknounUS /wiːk/

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
weeksnounUS /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading 'So for three weeks we shan't have a chance of eating too much at lunch,' Tommy remarked, on the evening after they had gone.

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wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT 'D'autres jours ouvriront les portes, La foret garde les verrous, La foret brule autour de nous, C'est la clarte des feuilles mortes, Qui brulent sur le seuil des portes....'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading At the end of the first week in March the Venables went to Sicily; they would stay there, probably, for the rest of the month.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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How do I study chapter 7 of The Furnace?

Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 41 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 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 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.

Questions about reading The Furnace

Common questions about reading The Furnace by Rose Macaulay on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Furnace?

Yes. All 2433 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33482 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Furnace is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #33482, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Furnace take to read?

About 202 minutes of reading across 487 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Furnace section by section

How to work through The Furnace section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 13 chapters of The Furnace to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Furnace

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

Other
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Furnace; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Citizens
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Furnace; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Santa
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Furnace; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Caterina
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Furnace; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.