Chapter 17 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I went away,” Heyst continued. “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut. When I got back here, I found you looking ill. What was it, Lena? You did give me a scare!
Chapter 17 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without stop or interruption
From this reading ““I went away,” Heyst continued.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “When I got back here, I found you looking ill.”
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading “What was it, Lena?”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “When I got back here, I found you looking ill.”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading ““I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.”
cause fear in
From this reading “You did give me a scare!”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading ““I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading ““I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.”
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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 You did give me a scare!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I went away,” Heyst continued.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
without stop or interruption
From this reading “I went away,” Heyst continued.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You did give me a scare!
opinion or judgment
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
set up or found
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading You did give me a scare!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I went away,” Heyst continued.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I went away,” Heyst continued.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What was it, Lena?
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading What was it, Lena?
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You did give me a scare!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
cause fear in
From this reading You did give me a scare!
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was it, Lena?
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I went away,” Heyst continued.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was it, Lena?
at the time that
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I left him there, lying on his side with his eyes shut.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When I got back here, I found you looking ill.
Chapter 17 of Victory: An Island Tale by Joseph Conrad holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 17 holds 410 sentences of Victory: An Island Tale, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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