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The Rapin

Chapter XIX

Chapter 19 of The Rapin is here in full — 65 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.
They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.
Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.
Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.
Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.
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The Rapin

Chapter XIX

Chapter 19 of The Rapin is here in full — 65 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.
Line 2
They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.
Line 3
Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.
Line 4
Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.
/ðen ðə ˈpoʊət ˈventʃərd ˈɪntuː ðə ˈbedruːm tuː tɔːk tuː ðə sɪk ɡɜːrl ənd tʃɪr hɜːr ʌp/
Line 5
Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

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.

bedroom noun US /ˈbedruːm/

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

beef noun US /biːf/

cattle that are reared for their meat

From this reading “They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.”

cheer verb US /tʃɪr/

give encouragement to

From this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

facing noun US /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading “Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.”

flushed adjective US /flʌʃt/

having the pinkish flush of health

From this reading “Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.”

poet noun US /ˈpoʊət/

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

stewed adjective US /stuːd/

cooked in hot water

From this reading “They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.”

ventured verb US /ˈventʃərd/

past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

From this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

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.

flushed cheeks adjective + noun counted as “flushed cheek”

In this reading “Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.”

bright eyes adjective + noun

In this reading “Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.”

went back verb + particle counted as “go back”

belong to an earlier time

In this reading “They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.”

into the bedroom preposition + article + noun counted as “into … bedroom”

In this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

sick girl adjective + noun

In this reading “Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.”

got together verb + particle counted as “get together”

a small informal social gathering

In this reading “They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.”

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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.

alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

ateliernoun

a studio especially for an artist or designer

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

BASTICHE

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

From this reading THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

bedroomnounUS /ˈbedruːm/

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

beefnounUS /biːf/

cattle that are reared for their meat

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

breadnounUS /bred/

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

breakfasted

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

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

brightadjectiveUS /braɪt/

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

cheeksnounUS /tʃiːks/

plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

cheerverbUS /tʃɪr/

give encouragement to

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

companynounUS /ˈkʌmpəniː/

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

Célestin

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

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

doornounUS /dɔːr/

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

eyesnounUS /aɪz/

opinion or judgment

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

facingnounUS /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

FANTOFF

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

From this reading THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

flushedadjectiveUS /flʌʃt/

having the pinkish flush of health

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

Gaillard

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

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

girlnounUS /ɡɜːrl/

a young female

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

keepverbUS /kiːp/

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

lyingnounUS /ˈlaɪɪŋ/

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

poetnounUS /ˈpoʊət/

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

satnounUS /sæt/

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

sickadjectiveUS /sɪk/

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

sidenounUS /saɪd/

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

stewedadjectiveUS /stuːd/

cooked in hot water

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

STORYnounUS /ˈstɔːri/

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 OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

tablenounUS /ˈteɪbəl/

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading Gaillard sat down to table also, to keep him company.

talkverbUS /tɔːk/

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE STORY OF FANTOFF AND BASTICHE.

ThenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

Toto

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

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

venturedverbUS /ˈventʃərd/

past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

From this reading Then the poet ventured into the bedroom to talk to the sick girl and cheer her up.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

winenounUS /waɪn/

fermented juice (of grapes especially)

From this reading They went back to the atelier, and Toto, who had not breakfasted, got together some wine and bread and cold stewed beef.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Célestin was lying on her side, facing the door, with very bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

Chapter 19 of The Rapin by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 65 sentences, grouped into 13 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.

What does chapter 19 of The Rapin contain?

Chapter 19 holds 65 sentences of The Rapin, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of The Rapin by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 65 sentences, grouped into 13 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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Work through the 13 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 13 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 19 can be played aloud in United States English.

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About 287 minutes of reading across 690 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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