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Donal Grant

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Donal Grant is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE PORCH OF HADES.
When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.
The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.
It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!
She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Donal Grant

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Donal Grant is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE PORCH OF HADES.
Line 2
When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.
Line 3
The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.
Line 4
It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!
Line 5
She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.”

All words in this reading · 60

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

and

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

Arctura

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

been

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

began

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

but

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

by

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

clean

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

comfortably

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

dark

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

enough

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

find

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

from

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

glad

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

had

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

HADES

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From this reading THE PORCH OF HADES.

have

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

her

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

herself

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

ill

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

in

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

inn

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

It

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

last

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

lay

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

left

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

light

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

localize

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

might

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

must

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

not

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

now

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

OF

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From this reading THE PORCH OF HADES.

over

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From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

place

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

PORCH

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE PORCH OF HADES.

quite

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From this reading It was quite dark: they might have left a light by her!

recalled

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

room

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

sleep

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

suspicion

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

taken

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

tea

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

THE

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE PORCH OF HADES.

then

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

there

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

they

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

thought

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

to

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

undrest

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She lay comfortably enough, but had a suspicion that the place was not over clean, and was glad to find herself not undrest.

unnatural

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

When

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

where

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From this reading The last place she recalled was the inn where they had tea: she must have been there taken ill, she thought, and was now in a room of the same.

while

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

without

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

woke

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From this reading When Arctura woke from her unnatural sleep, she lay a while without thought, then began to _localize_ herself.

Chapter 36 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 36 of Donal Grant contain?

Chapter 36 holds 141 sentences of Donal Grant, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 36 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 36 of Donal Grant?

Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 29 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 36 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 36 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2433, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Donal Grant take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1970 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Donal Grant

Words and structures a reader meets early in Donal Grant, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Foot-faring
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Donal Grant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lovely
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Donal Grant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Morning
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Donal Grant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
First
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