Chapter 12 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man... His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure. Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold. It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion. _Queen_....
Chapter 12 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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freedom to act or judge on one's own
From this reading “It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.”
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
From this reading “Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.”
plural of “metal” — any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
From this reading “His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.”
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
From this reading “His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.”
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
From this reading “His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.”
cool and formal in manner
From this reading “Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...”
develop or come to a promising stage
From this reading “Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.”
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.
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...”
In this reading “His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.”
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 His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
installation from which a military force initiates operations
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
freedom to act or judge on one's own
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
bestow a quality on
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
roused to anger
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
plural of “metal” — any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading _Queen_....
cool and formal in manner
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
develop or come to a promising stage
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
precisely as stated
From this reading His very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Providence Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt This mad young man...
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading It is common for the younger sort To lack discretion.
Chapter 12 of Daireen. Complete by Frank Frankfort Moore holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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 12 holds 88 sentences of Daireen. Complete, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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