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The Worshipper of the Image

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

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BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.
Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.
She knew now that he would never come back to her.
Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.
Antony would be hers no more for ever.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Worshipper of the Image

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of The Worshipper of the Image is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.
Line 2
Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.
/ˈwʌndər wɑːz ɡɔːn ənd ˈæntəni wɑːz ˈiːvɪn ˈfɜːrðər əˈweɪ/
Line 3
She knew now that he would never come back to her.
/ʃiː nuː naʊ ðæt hiː wʊd ˈnevər kʌm bæk tuː hɜːr/
Line 4
Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.
/ˈnevər əˈɡen kʊd rɪˈtɜːrn ˈiːvɪn ðə ˌɪˈluːʒən ʌv ðoʊz ˈhæpi wiːks ɑːn ðə hɪlz/
Line 5
Antony would be hers no more for ever.
/ˈæntəni wʊd biː hərz noʊ mɔːr fɔːr ˈevər/

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.

Antony noun US /ˈæntəni/

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

From this reading “Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.”

beatrice noun US /ˈbiːətrəs/

the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

From this reading “BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.”

broken adjective US /ˈbroʊkən/

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading “BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.”

destiny noun US /ˈdestəni/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading “BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.”

hers pronoun US /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading “Antony would be hers no more for ever.”

hills noun US /hɪlz/

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading “Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.”

illusion noun US /ˌɪˈluːʒən/

an erroneous mental representation

From this reading “Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.”

weeks noun US /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading “Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.”

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againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

AntonynounUS /ˈæntəni/

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Antony would be hers no more for ever.

BEATRICEnounUS /ˈbiːətrəs/

the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

brokenadjectiveUS /ˈbroʊkən/

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

DESTINYnounUS /ˈdestəni/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/

divisible by two

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

everadverbUS /ˈevər/

at any time

From this reading Antony would be hers no more for ever.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

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From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

furtheradverbUS /ˈfɜːrðər/

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

happyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

herspronounUS /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading Antony would be hers no more for ever.

hillsnounUS /hɪlz/

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

illusionnounUS /ˌɪˈluːʒən/

an erroneous mental representation

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

knewverbUS /nuː/

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Antony would be hers no more for ever.

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

placenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

usenounUS /juːs/

the act of using

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

weeksnounUS /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills.

WondernounUS /ˈwʌndər/

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away.

worldnounUS /wɜːrld/

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading BEATRICE FULFILS HER DESTINY The heart of Beatrice was broken, and there was now no use or place for her in the world.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading She knew now that he would never come back to her.

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