Chapter 10 of Heimweh is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of Heimweh is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yet now they repent. Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers. After all God is righteous—altogether righteous! Is it to bid them come? Is it to tell them when he will come?
Chapter 10 of Heimweh is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!”
react verbally
From this reading “Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.”
propose a payment
From this reading “Is it to bid them come?”
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 “After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.”
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading “Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.”
turn away from sin or do penitence
From this reading “Yet now they repent.”
characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
From this reading “After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!”
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later than; following
From this reading After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!
(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 After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!
react verbally
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
propose a payment
From this reading Is it to bid them come?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Is it to bid them come?
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 After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is it to tell them when he will come?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it to bid them come?
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Yet now they repent.
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
turn away from sin or do penitence
From this reading Yet now they repent.
characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
From this reading After all God is righteous—altogether righteous!
express in words
From this reading Is it to tell them when he will come?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Is it to bid them come?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet now they repent.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here, in this letter, is the answer to their prayers.
at the time that
From this reading Is it to tell them when he will come?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Is it to tell them when he will come?
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet now they repent.
Chapter 10 of Heimweh by John Luther Long holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of Heimweh, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Heimweh by John Luther Long exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 377 minutes of reading across 907 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Heimweh section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Heimweh, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
