Chapter 4 of Lord of the Silent Death is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lord of the Silent Death is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion. He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed. That hurt worse than anything else. Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed. At nine o'clock it happened.
Chapter 4 of Lord of the Silent Death is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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indistinct or hazy in outline
From this reading “He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.”
a sudden sharp noise
From this reading “Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.”
past form of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
extreme fatigue
From this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
plural of “hieroglyphic” — writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
From this reading “He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
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be contingent on
In this reading “Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.”
In this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
In this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
In this reading “At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
any thing at all
From this reading That hurt worse than anything else.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
indistinct or hazy in outline
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
a sudden sharp noise
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
past form of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
let fall to the ground
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
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From this reading That hurt worse than anything else.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
extreme fatigue
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading At nine o'clock it happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
plural of “hieroglyphic” — writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
be the source of pain
From this reading That hurt worse than anything else.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At nine o'clock it happened.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
according to the clock
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Everything depended on his cracking the lost language, and he had failed.
and nothing more
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That hurt worse than anything else.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading He was not only so tired that the hieroglyphics blurred before his eyes, but he had failed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At nine o'clock that night Rocks was ready to drop from exhaustion.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading That hurt worse than anything else.
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