Chapter 10 of A Prince of Dreamers is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Prince of Dreamers is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Fling back thy veil, Beloved! Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_. "Is it thou, Siyala?" Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair. A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
Chapter 10 of A Prince of Dreamers is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
use to one's advantage
From this reading “Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.”
dearly loved
From this reading “_Fling back thy veil, Beloved!”
throw with force or recklessness
physically weak
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.”
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading “Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.”
a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
From this reading “A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.”
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “_Fling back thy veil, Beloved!”
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 “Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.”
In this reading “_Fling back thy veil, Beloved!”
In this reading “A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
use to one's advantage
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Fling back thy veil, Beloved!
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
dearly loved
From this reading _Fling back thy veil, Beloved!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading _Fling back thy veil, Beloved!
physically weak
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is it thou, Siyala?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
the sound of laughing
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Is it thou, Siyala?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Atma holding the cresset high peered out into the darkness of the stair.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Is it thou, Siyala?"
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading _Fling back thy veil, Beloved!
a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
From this reading A tinkle of soft laughter came from the shadows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading _Fling back thy veil, Beloved!
having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Lo! how long Shall it avail To hide thy womanish nature, and so wrong Thy beauty frail_.
Chapter 10 of A Prince of Dreamers by Flora Annie Webster Steel holds 297 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 10 holds 297 sentences of A Prince of Dreamers, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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