Chapter 15 of He is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of He is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END. What remains to be told is of little public interest. When we came to ourselves, all was darkness. Escape seemed impossible. We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
Chapter 15 of He is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 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.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “Escape seemed impossible.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Escape seemed impossible.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.”
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading “What remains to be told is of little public interest.”
any object that is left unused or still extant
From this reading “What remains to be told is of little public interest.”
a strong line
From this reading “We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.”
a moving crowd
From this reading “We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.”
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.
(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 When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading Escape seemed impossible.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Escape seemed impossible.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
any object that is left unused or still extant
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
a strong line
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Escape seemed impossible.
a moving crowd
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We could not swarm up the rope, by the way we had come.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What remains to be told is of little public interest.
at the time that
From this reading When we came to ourselves, all was darkness.
Chapter 15 of He by Andrew Lang holds 77 sentences, grouped into 16 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 15 holds 77 sentences of He, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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