Chapter 7 of Zanoni is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Zanoni is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente. “Ger. Lib.,” c. vi. xxix. (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.) Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
Chapter 7 of Zanoni is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fearless and daring
From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”
a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
From this reading “Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.”
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”
free from external control and constraint
From this reading “Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.”
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”
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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 Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
fearless and daring
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
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From this reading “Ger.
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
free from external control and constraint
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
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From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
carry out
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
Chapter 7 of Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 284 sentences of Zanoni, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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