Chapter 22 of An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle. The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense. I asked for a moment's rest. My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant. All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
Chapter 22 of An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 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.
having had the head cut off
From this reading “My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.”
plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading “My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.”
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
From this reading “THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.”
past form of “jeer” — laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading “All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.”
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading “I asked for a moment's rest.”
plural of “spike” — a transient variation in voltage or current
From this reading “The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.”
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
From this reading “The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.”
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
From this reading “My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.”
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.
make a break in
In this reading “All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.”
temporarily
In this reading “I asked for a moment's rest.”
In this reading “THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.”
In this reading “All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.”
In this reading “My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.”
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 I asked for a moment's rest.
(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 All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked for a moment's rest.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
having had the head cut off
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I asked for a moment's rest.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked for a moment's rest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
past form of “jeer” — laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
the force of workers available
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading I asked for a moment's rest.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I asked for a moment's rest.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
put a saddle on
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
plural of “spike” — a transient variation in voltage or current
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All the people round jeered and made signs to me that my head would be cut off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE EXECUTIONER Two or three men tore me roughly off the saddle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pain in my spine caused by the spikes was intense.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My captors refused to let me stop, and, roughly thrusting me forward, said I would be beheaded in an instant.
Chapter 22 of An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet by Arnold Henry Savage Landor holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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