Chapter 32 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not! Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell! Thou fall’st a blessed martyr. —Shakespeare. Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
Chapter 32 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading “Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!”
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading “Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.”
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
one who suffers for the sake of principle
From this reading “Thou fall’st a blessed martyr.”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “—Shakespeare.”
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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 Thou fall’st a blessed martyr.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
(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 Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Thou fall’st a blessed martyr.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
possessive form of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
possessive form of “god” — 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 Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
and nothing more
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
one who suffers for the sake of principle
From this reading Thou fall’st a blessed martyr.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
try to get or reach
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading —Shakespeare.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRISONERS Be just, and fear not!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth’s, then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Seek not to know to-morrow’s doom, That is not ours which is to come.
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