Chapter 10 of The Golden Slave is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Golden Slave is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Flavius raised his brows, but left. Phryne slammed the door after him. A while she smote her hands together. Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself. Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
Chapter 10 of The Golden Slave is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “Flavius raised his brows, but left.”
past form of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading “Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.”
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading “Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.”
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading “Phryne slammed the door after him.”
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading “Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.”
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
From this reading “Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.”
in a vicious manner
From this reading “Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.”
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading “Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.”
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 “Phryne slammed the door after him.”
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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 A while she smote her hands together.
later than; following
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
anew
From this reading Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
past form of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Flavius raised his brows, but left.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Phryne slammed the door after him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
in a vicious manner
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading Then, viciously, she tore off her tunic and washed herself.
during the time that
From this reading A while she smote her hands together.
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading Wrapped in the mantle, she emerged again.
Chapter 10 of The Golden Slave by Poul Anderson holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 426 sentences of The Golden Slave, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Golden Slave by Poul Anderson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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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