Chapter 29 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons. Cipriano: “Who are these four?” Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.” Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?” Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
Chapter 29 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?””
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading “Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “Cipriano: “Who are these four?””
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.””
being in captivity
From this reading “Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.””
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.””
plural of “peon” — a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
From this reading “Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.”
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.
anew
In this reading “Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.”
In this reading “Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Cipriano: “Who are these four?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cipriano: “Who are these four?”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Cipriano: “Who are these four?”
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
being in captivity
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?”
the force of workers available
From this reading Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
on one occasion
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Cipriano: “Four men, against one man?”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
plural of “peon” — a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Guards: “Four who came to kill Don Ramón.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Cipriano: “Who are these four?”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then he turned once more, to the other, imprisoned peons.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Guards: “They were more than four, my Lord.”
which person or people
From this reading Cipriano: “Who are these four?”
Chapter 29 of The Plumed Serpent by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 29 holds 413 sentences of The Plumed Serpent, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The Plumed Serpent by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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