Chapter 3 of The Last Days of Pompeii is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Last Days of Pompeii is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TEMPLE OF ISIS. ITS PRIEST. THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF. THE story returns to the Egyptian. We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
Chapter 3 of The Last Days of Pompeii is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “develop” — make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
From this reading “THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.”
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading “THE story returns to the Egyptian.”
Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and wife of Osiris
From this reading “THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.”
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading “We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.”
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “ITS PRIEST.”
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading “THE story returns to the Egyptian.”
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.”
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading “THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.”
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later than; following
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
third-person singular of “develop” — make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
From this reading THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading THE story returns to the Egyptian.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and wife of Osiris
From this reading THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ITS PRIEST.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
the middle of the day
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading ITS PRIEST.
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading THE story returns to the Egyptian.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE story returns to the Egyptian.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TEMPLE OF ISIS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE story returns to the Egyptian.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We left Arbaces upon the shores of the noonday sea, after he had parted from Glaucus and his companion.
Chapter 3 of The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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