Chapter 12 of Dust is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Dust is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The boy obeyed. Bill was fifteen when this took place. The impossible had happened. He had challenged the master and had won. Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
Chapter 12 of Dust is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill was fifteen when this took place.”
past form of “challenge” — take exception to
From this reading “He had challenged the master and had won.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading “Bill was fifteen when this took place.”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.”
the state of being a man; manly qualities
From this reading “Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.”
in a cryptic manner
From this reading “Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.”
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading “The boy obeyed.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “He had challenged the master and had won.”
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 Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
later than; following
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had challenged the master and had won.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy obeyed.
past form of “challenge” — take exception to
From this reading He had challenged the master and had won.
divisible by two
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The impossible had happened.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading The impossible had happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had challenged the master and had won.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading The impossible had happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
the state of being a man; manly qualities
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading He had challenged the master and had won.
in a cryptic manner
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading The boy obeyed.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy obeyed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Even after he had turned in, his father remained silent, feeling a secret respect for him; mysteriously he had grown suddenly to manhood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
at the time that
From this reading Bill was fifteen when this took place.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading He had challenged the master and had won.
Chapter 12 of Dust by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
Chapter 12 holds 185 sentences of Dust, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Dust by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
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