Chapter 3 of A Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of A Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were. TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less. No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me. ZELIMA Why lost, my Lady? The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
Chapter 3 of A Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.”
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading “The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.”
plural of “gaze” — a long fixed look
From this reading “No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.”
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.”
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading “No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.”
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.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
opinion or judgment
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
plural of “gaze” — a long fixed look
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading ZELIMA Why lost, my Lady?
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the force of workers available
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
used to form the superlative
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ZELIMA Why lost, my Lady?
not any; not one
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
and nothing more
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading TURANDOT I must not think upon his eyes, Or I might hate him less.
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No, only one Of all men wears the gazes which I love, And he is lost to me.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading ZELIMA Why lost, my Lady?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The emperor promised you to search the city And find your beggar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ZELIMA [_Nodding_] Most strangelike They were.
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