Chapter 37 of The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"DO NOT DIE, CAPTAIN!" We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him: "Do not die, captain!" "Kill him! kill him!" shouted the crowd. The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
Chapter 37 of The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading “The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:”
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:”
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading “We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:”
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:”
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:”
possessive form of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:”
plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading “We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Kill him! kill him!" shouted the crowd.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "DO NOT DIE, CAPTAIN!"
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
past form of “command” — be in command of
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "Kill him! kill him!" shouted the crowd.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "DO NOT DIE, CAPTAIN!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "DO NOT DIE, CAPTAIN!"
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
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From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "Kill him! kill him!" shouted the crowd.
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
a particular point in time
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "DO NOT DIE, CAPTAIN!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
possessive form of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Kill him! kill him!" shouted the crowd.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
in the direction of
From this reading The marabout now advanced toward the captain, and, placing his lean hand on the prisoner's shoulder, said:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
at the time that
From this reading We left Captain Joliette at the moment when the savages commanded by the marabout entered his cell, and a voice had called to him:
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