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Chapter XI · Too Much Zeal

Chapter XI of The Heir, “Too Much Zeal,” is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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“Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.
Milosch smiled again.
“You ze next,” he said.
“We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.
Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.
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The Heir

Chapter XI · Too Much Zeal

Chapter XI of The Heir, “Too Much Zeal,” is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.
Line 2
Milosch smiled again.
Line 3
“You ze next,” he said.
Line 4
“We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.
Line 5
Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

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, and audio.

brute noun US /bruːt/

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

camp noun US /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading ““We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.”

dirty adjective US /ˈdɜːrti/

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

From this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

dogs noun US /dɑːɡz/

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading ““We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.”

experience verb US /ɪkˈspɪriəns/

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading “Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.”

growled verb US /ɡraʊld/

past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

From this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

holding noun US /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/

the act of retaining something

From this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

struggling adjective US /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

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.

four days noun + noun

In this reading “Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.”

two men noun + noun

In this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

dirty hands adjective + noun

In this reading ““Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.”

smiled again verb + particle counted as “smile again”

In this reading “Milosch smiled again.”

All words in this reading · 57

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.

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading Milosch smiled again.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

brutenounUS /bruːt/

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

campnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

daysnounUS /deɪz/

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

diedverbUS /daɪd/

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

dirtyadjectiveUS /ˈdɜːrti/

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

dogsnounUS /dɑːɡz/

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

experienceverbUS /ɪkˈspɪriəns/

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

findverbUS /faɪnd/

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

fournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

growledverbUS /ɡraʊld/

past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

handsnounUS /hændz/

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “You ze next,” he said.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

holdingnounUS /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/

the act of retaining something

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

hoursnounUS /ˈaʊərz/

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

how

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

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

ineffectuallyadverb

in an ineffectual manner

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

leaveverbUS /liːv/

go away from a place

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

Maurice

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

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

Milosch

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

From this reading Milosch smiled again.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading “You ze next,” he said.

offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

ohnounUS /oʊ/

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

Roumi

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

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “You ze next,” he said.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

smiledverbUS /smaɪld/

past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading Milosch smiled again.

strugglingadjectiveUS /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

TakeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

treenounUS /triː/

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

yesnounUS /jes/

an affirmative

From this reading “We leave you at ze camp--dead, oh, yes! and ze Roumi dogs will see how you died.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Take your dirty hands off her, you brute!” growled Maurice, struggling ineffectually with the two men who were holding him down.

ze

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

From this reading “You ze next,” he said.

Zere

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

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

zey

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

From this reading Zere will be tree--four hours while zey find ze way, but for you it will experience tree or four days.

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