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The Perilous Seat

Chapter XXXV

Chapter 35 of The Perilous Seat is here in full — 566 sentences across 114 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Caroline Dale Snedeker • Curated US English Learning Edition
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THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.
One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.
This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.
And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.
It was her fate.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Perilous Seat

Chapter XXXV

Chapter 35 of The Perilous Seat is here in full — 566 sentences across 114 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/113 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.
Line 2
One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.
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This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.
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And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.
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It was her fate.
/ɪt wɑːz hɜːr feɪt/

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.

colonist noun US /ˈkɑːlənɪst/

a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

From this reading “THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
neighbouring verb US /ˈneɪbərɪŋ/

-ing form of “neighbour” — live or be located as a neighbor

From this reading “One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.”

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outpost noun US /ˈaʊtpoʊst/

a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

From this reading “THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
profoundly adverb US /proʊˈfaʊndli/

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

From this reading “And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Pythia noun US /ˈpɪθiə/

(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

From this reading “This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
razed adjective US /reɪzd/

torn down and broken up

From this reading “One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Sicily noun US /ˈsɪsəli/

the Italian region on the island of Sicily

From this reading “THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
spinning noun US /ˈspɪnɪŋ/

creating thread

From this reading “This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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.

neighbouring town noun + noun counted as “neighbour town”

In this reading “One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.”

519 times in 426,211 chapters
never heard adverb + adjective

In this reading “And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.”

23,412 times in 426,211 chapters
never known adverb + adjective

In this reading “And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.”

8,528 times in 426,211 chapters
at home preposition + noun

a reception held in your own home

In this reading “This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.”

94,709 times in 426,211 chapters
little town adjective + noun

In this reading “THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.”

5,683 times in 426,211 chapters
performed by verb + particle counted as “perform by”

In this reading “And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.”

1,921 times in 426,211 chapters
came from verb + particle counted as “come from”

In this reading “One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.”

89,230 times in 426,211 chapters
act of verb + particle

In this reading “And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.”

28,018 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 67

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
actverbUS /ækt/

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
affectverbUS /əˈfekt/

have an effect upon

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
attackedverbUS /əˈtækt/

past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
brothernounUS /ˈbrʌðər/

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

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Catana

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From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

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coastnounUS /koʊst/

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
COLONISTnounUS /ˈkɑːlənɪst/

a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

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daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
doneadjectiveUS /dʌn/

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
far-away

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

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

Pending verification
fatenounUS /feɪt/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading It was her fate.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
groundnounUS /ɡraʊnd/

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading It was her fate.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
HousenounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
immured

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From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

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Inessa

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From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

Pending verification
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
knownadjectiveUS /noʊn/

apprehended with certainty

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
layverbUS /leɪ/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

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lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

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moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nameverbUS /neɪm/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
neighbouringverbUS /ˈneɪbərɪŋ/

-ing form of “neighbour” — live or be located as a neighbor

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
outpostnounUS /ˈaʊtpoʊst/

a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
performedverbUS /pərˈfɔːrmd/

past form of “perform” — carry out or perform an action

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
profoundlyadverbUS /proʊˈfaʊndli/

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
PythianounUS /ˈpɪθiə/

(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
razedadjectiveUS /reɪzd/

torn down and broken up

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
SicilynounUS /ˈsɪsəli/

the Italian region on the island of Sicily

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
spinningnounUS /ˈspɪnɪŋ/

creating thread

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Theria

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From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

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Theria's

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From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Pending verification
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading One day men came from the neighbouring town Catana, attacked Inessa, and razed it to the ground.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
townnounUS /taʊn/

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
UNWILLINGadjectiveUS /ənˈwɪlɪŋ/

not disposed or inclined toward

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
westernadjectiveUS /ˈwestərn/

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading And this one cruel act, performed by men she had never known, in a town whose name she had never heard, was to affect Theria’s life more profoundly than any act of father, mother, or brother.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
worldnounUS /wɜːrld/

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading THE UNWILLING COLONIST On the far-away coast of Sicily, the western outpost of the world, lay the little town of Inessa.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading This was done while Theria was yet spinning at home, before she was immured in the Pythia House.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 35 of The Perilous Seat by Caroline Dale Snedeker holds 566 sentences, grouped into 114 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.

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