Chapter 10 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A life of which I am weary, weary! Have you ever loved, you man of ice? Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?" I cried. "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
Chapter 10 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading “Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"”
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading “Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"”
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Have you ever loved, you man of ice?”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “"I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “"I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “"I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading “"A life of which I am weary, weary!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.”
In this reading “Have you ever loved, you man of ice?”
In this reading “"I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.”
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 "A life of which I am weary, weary!
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
next to; at the side of
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
at any time
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
held dear
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Have you ever been betrayed by the creature you adored?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "A life of which I am weary, weary!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would to God that you had killed me as I knelt beside her body in the park.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you ever loved, you man of ice?
Chapter 10 of First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 430 sentences of First Person Paramount, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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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