Chapter 5 of The Poniard's Hilt is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Poniard's Hilt is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"WOLVES' HEADS." "'The devil take the Franks! Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!' Such is the cry of all Vagres. The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'
Chapter 5 of The Poniard's Hilt is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Such is the cry of all Vagres.”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “"'The devil take the Franks!”
plural of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From this reading “"'The devil take the Franks!”
a person of French descent
From this reading “Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'”
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “"WOLVES' HEADS."”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “"WOLVES' HEADS."”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading "'The devil take the Franks!
plural of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From this reading "'The devil take the Franks!
a person of French descent
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "WOLVES' HEADS."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
the force of workers available
From this reading The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
carry out
From this reading "'The devil take the Franks!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'The devil take the Franks!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Long live the Vagrery and Old Gaul!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such is the cry of all Vagres.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Franks call us 'Wand'ring Men,' 'Wolves,' 'Wolves' Heads.'
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading "WOLVES' HEADS."
Chapter 5 of The Poniard's Hilt by Eugène Sue holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 5 holds 104 sentences of The Poniard's Hilt, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Poniard's Hilt by Eugène Sue exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 21 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Poniard's Hilt by Eugène Sue on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4966 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31782 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #31782, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 413 minutes of reading across 994 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Poniard's Hilt section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 27 chapters of The Poniard's Hilt to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Poniard's Hilt, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
