Chapter 6 of The Inferno is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Inferno is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
All was silent. They were gone. They had hidden elsewhere. The husband was coming. I gathered that from what they had said.
Chapter 6 of The Inferno is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “The husband was coming.”
in or to another place
From this reading “They had hidden elsewhere.”
brought together in one place
From this reading “I gathered that from what they had said.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “They were gone.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “They had hidden elsewhere.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “The husband was coming.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I gathered that from what they had said.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “All was silent.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All was silent.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The husband was coming.
in or to another place
From this reading They had hidden elsewhere.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
brought together in one place
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They were gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had hidden elsewhere.
not accessible to view
From this reading They had hidden elsewhere.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The husband was coming.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading All was silent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The husband was coming.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were gone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All was silent.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were gone.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I gathered that from what they had said.
Chapter 6 of The Inferno by Henri Barbusse holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 6 holds 240 sentences of The Inferno, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Inferno by Henri Barbusse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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.
Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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How to work through The Inferno section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Inferno, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
