Chapter 9 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly. “To get his money?” he purred. “Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority. “What else? That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
Chapter 9 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading ““Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.”
in motion
From this reading “Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.”
English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)
From this reading “Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading ““Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.”
the quality of being superior
From this reading ““Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What else?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “To get his money?” he purred.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “To get his money?” he purred.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “To get his money?” he purred.
in motion
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
and nothing more
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To get his money?” he purred.
English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.
the quality of being superior
From this reading “Gewiss,” snapped Schomberg with impatient superiority.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is, only the money he had with the Tesmans.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To get his money?” he purred.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What else?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ricardo, with his trick of looking one way and moving another approached Schomberg slowly.
Chapter 9 of Victory: An Island Tale by Joseph Conrad holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 9 holds 401 sentences of Victory: An Island Tale, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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