Chapter 26 of Life, the Interpreter is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Life, the Interpreter is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.” “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life. It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said. To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again. Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
Chapter 26 of Life, the Interpreter is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 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.
in a blissful manner
From this reading “Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading ““TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.”
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading ““And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.””
ring as in announcing death
From this reading ““TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.”
being or made softer or less loud or clear
From this reading “It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.”
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading “To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.”
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
From this reading “It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.”
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading ““TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.”
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 ““TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.”
In this reading ““And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.””
In this reading “To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.”
In this reading “To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.”
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 “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
anew
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
(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 Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
in a blissful manner
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
divisible by two
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
opinion or judgment
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
the act of retaining something
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
ring as in announcing death
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
without good reason
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
being or made softer or less loud or clear
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
by chance
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Many, perhaps blissfully, miss all that it means.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “TOO late!” is a phrase holding the eternal knell of life.
which person or people
From this reading It sounds like a muffled peal even to those who hear it lightly said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “And Memory fed the Soul of Love with tears.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading To those who have lived through it, the worst of the battle passes before their eyes again.
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