Chapter 8 of The Historical Nights' Entertainment is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Historical Nights' Entertainment is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“But they will press this English business.” “Acquiesce.” “Acquiesce? Are you mad?” “Seem to acquiesce.
Chapter 8 of The Historical Nights' Entertainment is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to agree or express agreement
From this reading ““Acquiesce.””
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading ““But they will press this English business.””
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading ““But they will press this English business.””
roused to anger
From this reading “Are you mad?””
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading ““But they will press this English business.””
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““Seem to acquiesce.”
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.
to agree or express agreement
From this reading “Acquiesce.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you mad?”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
roused to anger
From this reading Are you mad?”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Seem to acquiesce.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Seem to acquiesce.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “But they will press this English business.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you mad?”
Chapter 8 of The Historical Nights' Entertainment by Rafael Sabatini holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 8 holds 185 sentences of The Historical Nights' Entertainment, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Historical Nights' Entertainment by Rafael Sabatini exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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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