Chapter 3 of Cameron of Lochiel is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Cameron of Lochiel is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS. Angels and ministers of grace, defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell. _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient. Les hiboux fuient épouvantés....
Chapter 3 of Cameron of Lochiel is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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affected manners intended to impress others
From this reading “Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.”
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading “Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.”
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
From this reading “Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.”
a community of people smaller than a village
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “_Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.”
plural of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!”
plural of “sorcerer” — one who practices magic or sorcery
From this reading “A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.”
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.
In this reading “Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.”
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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 A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.
affected manners intended to impress others
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Les hiboux fuient épouvantés....
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Les hiboux fuient épouvantés....
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading _Hamlet._ Ecoute comme les bois crient.
plural of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
plural of “sorcerer” — one who practices magic or sorcery
From this reading A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
in the company of; together with
From this reading A NIGHT WITH THE SORCERERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Les hiboux fuient épouvantés....
Chapter 3 of Cameron of Lochiel by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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 3 holds 200 sentences of Cameron of Lochiel, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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