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Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Kim is here in full — 645 sentences across 129 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Who hath desired the Seathe sight of salt-water unbounded?
The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?
The sleek-barrelled swell before stormgrey, foamless, enormous, and growing?
Stark calm on the lap of the Lineor the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?
His Sea in no showing the samehis Sea and the same neath all showing His Sea that his being fulfils?
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Kim

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Kim is here in full — 645 sentences across 129 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/129 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Who hath desired the Seathe sight of salt-water unbounded?
Line 2
The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?
Line 3
The sleek-barrelled swell before stormgrey, foamless, enormous, and growing?
Line 4
Stark calm on the lap of the Lineor the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?
Line 5
His Sea in no showing the samehis Sea and the sameneath all showingHis Sea that his being fulfils?

Learner Dictionary

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.

comber noun US /ˈkoʊmər/

a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool

From this reading “The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?”

crash verb US /kræʃ/

fall or come down violently

From this reading “The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?”

halt verb US /hɔːlt/

cause to stop

From this reading “The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?”

heave verb US /hiːv/

utter a sound, as with obvious effort

From this reading “The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?”

hurl verb US /hɜːrl/

throw forcefully

From this reading “The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?”

hurricane noun US /ˈhɜːrəkeɪn/

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

From this reading “Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?”

Stark adjective US /stɑːrk/

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

From this reading “Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?”

unbounded adjective US /ənˈbaʊndɪd/

seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

From this reading “Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?”

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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

blowingnounUS /ˈbloʊɪŋ/

processing that involves blowing a gas

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

calmverbUS /kɑːm/

make calm or still

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

combernounUS /ˈkoʊmər/

a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

crashverbUS /kræʃ/

fall or come down violently

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

crazy-eyed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

desiredadjectiveUS /dɪˈzaɪərd/

wanted intensely

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

enormousadjectiveUS /ɪˈnɔːrməs/

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

foamless

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

fulfils

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

growingnounUS /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

haltverbUS /hɔːlt/

cause to stop

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

heaveverbUS /hiːv/

utter a sound, as with obvious effort

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

hurlverbUS /hɜːrl/

throw forcefully

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

hurricanenounUS /ˈhɜːrəkeɪn/

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

lapverbUS /læp/

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

LinenounUS /laɪn/

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

neath

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

salt-water

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

SeanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

showingnounUS /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/

the display of a motion picture

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

sightnounUS /saɪt/

an instance of visual perception

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

sleek-barrelled

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

StarkadjectiveUS /stɑːrk/

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

From this reading Stark calm on the lap of the Line—or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?

stormverbUS /stɔːrm/

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

swellverbUS /swel/

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

From this reading The sleek-barrelled swell before storm—grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading His Sea in no showing the same—his Sea and the same ’neath all showing— His Sea that his being fulfils?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

unboundedadjectiveUS /ənˈbaʊndɪd/

seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Who hath desired the Sea—the sight of salt-water unbounded?

wind-hounded

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?

Chapter 12 of Kim by Rudyard Kipling holds 645 sentences, grouped into 129 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 12 of Kim contain?

Chapter 12 holds 645 sentences of Kim, unabridged, divided into 129 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 of Kim by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 645 sentences, grouped into 129 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.

How do I study chapter 12 of Kim?

Work through the 129 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 129 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 12 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in Kim

Words and structures a reader meets early in Kim, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Tread
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Kim; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Narrow
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Kim; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Tophet-flare
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Kim; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Judgment
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Kim; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.