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The further adventures of Zorro
The further adventures of Zorro

Chapter XIX

Chapter 19 of The further adventures of Zorro is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 19 of The further adventures of Zorro by Johnston McCulley holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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.

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Chapter 19 holds 151 sentences of The further adventures of Zorro, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of The further adventures of Zorro by Johnston McCulley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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.

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Vocabulary met early in The further adventures of Zorro

Words and structures a reader meets early in The further adventures of Zorro, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The further adventures of Zorro; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Zorro
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Throughout
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Summer
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DOUBLE-FACED.
There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.
Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.
Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!
The future seemed very dark, indeed.
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The further adventures of Zorro

Chapter XIX

Chapter 19 of The further adventures of Zorro is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DOUBLE-FACED.
Line 2
There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.
Line 3
Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.
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Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!
Line 5
The future seemed very dark, indeed.

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.

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!”

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Every word is available to listen to. 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 There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

all

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

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

astonishment

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

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

battle

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

caballeros

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

cry

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

dark

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From this reading The future seemed very dark, indeed.

dead

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

despair

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From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

DOUBLE-FACED

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From this reading DOUBLE-FACED.

feared

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

fright

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

future

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From this reading The future seemed very dark, indeed.

gave

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

indeed

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

From this reading The future seemed very dark, indeed.

little

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

loathed

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

Lolita

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

man

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

mingled

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

moment

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

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

pirates

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

recoiled

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

seemed

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

From this reading The future seemed very dark, indeed.

Señor

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

Señorita

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

Then

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

There

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

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

three

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From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

very

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From this reading The future seemed very dark, indeed.

wall

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

From this reading Then the Señorita Lolita gave a little cry of mingled fright and despair, and recoiled against the wall.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading There was a moment of astonishment for all three of them.

winning

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!

Zorro

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

From this reading Señor Zorro dead, the pirates winning the battle against the _caballeros_, and before her the man she loathed and feared!