Chapter 18 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She rose startled to her feet. The officer was saluting her. “Don Cipriano!” she said. “The same!” he replied. “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
Chapter 18 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading ““Don Cipriano!” she said.”
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading ““Did that drunken fellow frighten you?””
a boy or man
From this reading ““Did that drunken fellow frighten you?””
cause fear in
From this reading ““Did that drunken fellow frighten you?””
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “The officer was saluting her.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “She rose startled to her feet.”
-ing form of “salute” — propose a toast to
From this reading “The officer was saluting her.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “She rose startled to her feet.”
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In this reading ““Did that drunken fellow frighten you?””
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From this reading “Don Cipriano!” she said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading “Don Cipriano!” she said.
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
a boy or man
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
cause fear in
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The same!” he replied.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading The officer was saluting her.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “The same!” he replied.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Don Cipriano!” she said.
-ing form of “salute” — propose a toast to
From this reading The officer was saluting her.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “The same!” he replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The officer was saluting her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She rose startled to her feet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The officer was saluting her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did that drunken fellow frighten you?”
Chapter 18 of The Plumed Serpent by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 18 holds 400 sentences of The Plumed Serpent, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Plumed Serpent by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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