Chapter 4 of The King of the Mountains is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The King of the Mountains is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"One gives them rank?" "Sometimes." "One pays them well?" "Enough!" "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
Chapter 4 of The King of the Mountains is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
From this reading “"One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"”
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading “"One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “"Enough!"”
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading “"One gives them rank?"”
plural of “pay” — something that remunerates
From this reading “"One pays them well?"”
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading “"One gives them rank?"”
any long object resembling a thin line
From this reading “"One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “"Sometimes."”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "Enough!"
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading "One gives them rank?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One gives them rank?"
plural of “pay” — something that remunerates
From this reading "One pays them well?"
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading "One gives them rank?"
any long object resembling a thin line
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading "Sometimes."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "One gives them rank?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "One attaches a little ribbon to their coat?"
(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 "One pays them well?"
Chapter 4 of The King of the Mountains by Edmond About holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 4 holds 443 sentences of The King of the Mountains, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The King of the Mountains by Edmond About exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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