Chapter 2 of Count Ulrich of Lindburg is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Count Ulrich of Lindburg is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The mass is, I own, a bad thing. God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force. We must leave the matter in God's hands. His word must act, and not we. We have the right to speak; we have _not_ the right to act.
Chapter 2 of Count Ulrich of Lindburg is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 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.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “His word must act, and not we.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “"The mass is, I own, a bad thing.”
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading “God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.”
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “We must leave the matter in God's hands.”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “"The mass is, I own, a bad thing.”
being in opposition or having an opponent
From this reading “God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.”
express in speech
From this reading “We have the right to speak; we have _not_ the right to act.”
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading “God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.”
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 "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading His word must act, and not we.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His word must act, and not we.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have the right to speak; we have _not_ the right to act.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His word must act, and not we.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
go away from a place
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
not any; not one
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His word must act, and not we.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
being in opposition or having an opponent
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
precisely, exactly
From this reading We have the right to speak; we have _not_ the right to act.
express in speech
From this reading We have the right to speak; we have _not_ the right to act.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
a special situation
From this reading "The mass is, I own, a bad thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading God is opposed to it, but let no one be torn from it by force.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must leave the matter in God's hands.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading His word must act, and not we.
Chapter 2 of Count Ulrich of Lindburg by William Henry Giles Kingston holds 498 sentences, grouped into 100 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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