Chapter 15 of A Royal Prisoner is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of A Royal Prisoner is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord! How my head aches! It feels as though it were made of lead!... I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst! Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
Chapter 15 of A Royal Prisoner is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ache” — a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
From this reading “How my head aches!”
breaking up and scattering by dispersion
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading “It feels as though it were made of lead!...”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!”
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!”
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading “I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
plural of “ache” — a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
From this reading How my head aches!
anew
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
breaking up and scattering by dispersion
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
start firing a weapon
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading How my head aches!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
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From this reading How my head aches!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
take somebody somewhere
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
engage in
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How my head aches!
of an obscure nature
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
a physiological need to drink
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
Chapter 15 of A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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 15 holds 162 sentences of A Royal Prisoner, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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