Chapter 12 of A Modern Wizard is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Modern Wizard is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONE NIGHT. "Leon! Leon!" The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow. The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
Chapter 12 of A Modern Wizard is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.”
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading “"Leon!”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.”
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.”
wanting in physical strength
From this reading “The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.”
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 “The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
in a state of sleep
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading "Leon!
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading ONE NIGHT.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE NIGHT.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
with speed
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
a state of acute pain
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The cry was low and weak, and the suffering woman fell back upon her pillow.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading The youth, though asleep, heard, and quickly responded to the call.
Chapter 12 of A Modern Wizard by Rodrigues Ottolengui holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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 12 holds 298 sentences of A Modern Wizard, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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