Chapter 30 of Twenty years after is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Twenty years after is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Man in the Mask. The snow was falling thick and icy. Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible. But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk. “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
Chapter 30 of Twenty years after is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading ““Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!””
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.”
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading “The snow was falling thick and icy.”
incapable of physical sensation
From this reading “Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.”
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
hide under a false appearance
From this reading “The Man in the Mask.”
past form of “rouse” — become active
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
incapable of physical sensation
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
hide under a false appearance
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
past form of “rouse” — become active
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
doomed to extinction
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
communicated in words
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
the words that are spoken
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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