Chapter 4 of The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ZORAYA. Your daughter? FATOUM. By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes! She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
Chapter 4 of The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!”
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading “By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!”
a female human offspring
From this reading “Your daughter?”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.”
past form of “rear” — stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
From this reading “She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.”
a late time of life
From this reading “She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.”
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In this reading “She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.”
In this reading “By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!”
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a positive feeling of liking
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
a female human offspring
From this reading Your daughter?
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FATOUM.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
not any; not one
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
past form of “rear” — stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
at the time that
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
a late time of life
From this reading She was ten years old when her mother died, and I have reared her.
an affirmative
From this reading By birth, no, Zoraya; by affection, ah! certainly, yes!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your daughter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ZORAYA.
Chapter 4 of The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts by Victorien Sardou holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 4 holds 417 sentences of The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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