Chapter 1 of Twenty years after is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Twenty years after is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter LIX. Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites. Chapter LXXXVII. Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain. Chapter LXXXVIII.
Chapter 1 of Twenty years after is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “appetite” — a feeling of craving something
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading “Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “Chapter LIX.”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
plural of “nature” — the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
plural of “stomach” — an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading “Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.”
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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 Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
plural of “appetite” — a feeling of craving something
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading Chapter LIX.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
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From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
immediately past
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chapter LIX.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
being seven more than eighty
From this reading Chapter LXXXVII.
being eight more than eighty
From this reading Chapter LXXXVIII.
plural of “nature” — the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
impressive in appearance
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
plural of “stomach” — an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain.
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