Chapter 28 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter 28 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation. The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces. Revolution. A new state. New flags and new slogans.
Chapter 28 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound
From this reading “The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.”
plural of “flag” — emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “New flags and new slogans.”
past form of “gyrate” — to wind or move in a spiral course
From this reading “The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.”
too numerous to be counted
From this reading “The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.”
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
From this reading “Revolution.”
plural of “slogan” — a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading “New flags and new slogans.”
plural of “surface” — the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.”
producing exhaustion
From this reading “The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.”
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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 new state.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
true confidential information
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
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From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
plural of “flag” — emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading New flags and new slogans.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
past form of “gyrate” — to wind or move in a spiral course
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A new state.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
From this reading Revolution.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
plural of “slogan” — a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading New flags and new slogans.
that is looked for
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading A new state.
plural of “surface” — the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
a special situation
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
producing exhaustion
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the days that followed Dorn sought to interest himself in the details of the situation.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
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