Chapter 38 of Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter 38 of Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH. That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him: “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?” “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think. I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
Chapter 38 of Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.”
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading “I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.”
take in, also metaphorically
From this reading “I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.”
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading “I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.”
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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 SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
(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 “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
Having no one else present.
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
take in, also metaphorically
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
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 “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
carry out
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
express in words
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I confess I am beginning to imbibe a little of the spirit of this place.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE EARTH.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
at the time that
From this reading That night, when the doctor and I were alone, I said to him:
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would take me a long time,” he replied, “to tell what I think.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, doctor, what do you think of it all?”
Chapter 38 of Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World by James Cowan holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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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