Chapter 14 of The Grandee is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Grandee is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence. "Come here, senorita, come here! We have not seen each other for some time! How have you spent it? Have you got on well?
Chapter 14 of The Grandee is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “How have you spent it?”
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.
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In this reading “We have not seen each other for some time!”
In this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
In this reading “"Come here, senorita, come here!”
In this reading “THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
a young person of either sex
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come here, senorita, come here!
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Have you got on well?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Come here, senorita, come here!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How have you spent it?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How have you spent it?
death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Have you got on well?
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
only a very short time before
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English “Miss”
From this reading "Come here, senorita, come here!
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading How have you spent it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have not seen each other for some time!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Have you got on well?
at the time that
From this reading THE MARTYRDOM Scarcely had the door been shut behind the baron when Amalia had the child brought into her presence.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How have you spent it?
Chapter 14 of The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 14 holds 384 sentences of The Grandee, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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