Chapter 11 of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives) is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives) is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"His brother ... M. Raindal's brother!" Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed. Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls. Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
Chapter 11 of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives) is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading “Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.”
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading “Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.”
brought together in one place
From this reading “Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.”
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.”
In this reading “Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.”
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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 Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "His brother ...
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From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
in a distracted manner
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
in a dreamy manner
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
brought together in one place
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "His brother ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M. Raindal's brother!"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading M. Raindal's brother!"
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Her lace-edged pillow made a soft frame for her scattered curls.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mme. Chambannes murmured dreamily, leaning on the edge of her bed.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Distractedly she gathered together the rest of her mail.
Chapter 11 of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives) by Fernand Vandérem holds 267 sentences, grouped into 54 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 11 holds 267 sentences of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives), unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Two Banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives) by Fernand Vandérem exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 267 sentences, grouped into 54 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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