Chapter 26 of Burning Sands is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Burning Sands is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She had come to him! Impelled by her love she had come to him! That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart. At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him! She loved him, and she had given up all to come to him!
Chapter 26 of Burning Sands is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “amusement” — a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading “At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!”
possessive form of “daniel” — (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading “At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!”
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
From this reading “Impelled by her love she had come to him!”
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading “That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!”
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading “That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.”
not up to expectations
From this reading “At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!”
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.
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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 She loved him, and she had given up all to come to him!
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
plural of “amusement” — a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Impelled by her love she had come to him!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She had come to him!
possessive form of “daniel” — (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading She loved him, and she had given up all to come to him!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had come to him!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Impelled by her love she had come to him!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had come to him!
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
From this reading Impelled by her love she had come to him!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
immediately past
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Impelled by her love she had come to him!
held dear
From this reading She loved him, and she had given up all to come to him!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had come to him!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had come to him!
moved around an axis or center
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
not up to expectations
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She loved him, and she had given up all to come to him!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At last she had turned her back upon the amusements and pleasures of the old life, finding them altogether unsatisfying now, and she had come to him!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the jubilant thought in Daniel’s rejoicing heart.
Chapter 26 of Burning Sands by Arthur E. P. Brome (Arthur Edward Pearse Brome) Weigall holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 26 holds 209 sentences of Burning Sands, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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