Chapter 24 of Darkness and Dawn is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Darkness and Dawn is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ESCAPE? Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger? Outwardly all now was peaceful. Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins. Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
Chapter 24 of Darkness and Dawn is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a group of people living in a particular local area
From this reading “Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.”
plural of “fisher” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.”
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 “Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.”
with respect to the outside
From this reading “Outwardly all now was peaceful.”
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
From this reading “Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.”
plural of “strip” — a relatively long narrow piece of something
From this reading “Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.”
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading “Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?”
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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 Outwardly all now was peaceful.
a quantity of no importance
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
a group of people living in a particular local area
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading ESCAPE?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
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From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
plural of “fisher” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
having or given a form or shape
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
filled with a great quantity
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
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 Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Outwardly all now was peaceful.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
with respect to the outside
From this reading Outwardly all now was peaceful.
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
From this reading Outwardly all now was peaceful.
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
plural of “strip” — a relatively long narrow piece of something
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every sleeping-time they returned laden with the fish that formed the principal staple of the community.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Outwardly all now was peaceful.
which person or people
From this reading Who could, indeed, suspect aught of this threatening danger?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Each waking-time the fishers put forth in their long boats of metal strips covered with fish-skins.
Chapter 24 of Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 24 holds 216 sentences of Darkness and Dawn, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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