Chapter 6 of Allan's Wife is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Allan's Wife is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage. What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean? Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed? They called me the “White Spirit.” Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
Chapter 6 of Allan's Wife is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading “Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?”
conformity or harmony
From this reading “Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading They called me the “White Spirit.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
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From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
conformity or harmony
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
engage in
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They called me the “White Spirit.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading They called me the “White Spirit.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They called me the “White Spirit.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did that scoundrel Indaba-zimbi mean?
a Caucasian
From this reading They called me the “White Spirit.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I not instantly killed?
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading THE END OF THE LAAGER I gasped with wonder and rage.
Chapter 6 of Allan's Wife by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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 6 holds 254 sentences of Allan's Wife, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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