Chapter 3 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand. "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly. "Now I die. Now, I go home--go home--home." We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
Chapter 3 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
placed in a grave
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “"Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.”
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “"I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.”
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
not openly expressed
From this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
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In this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
In this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
forced to turn and face attackers
In this reading “We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.”
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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 We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
placed in a grave
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "Now I die.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now, I go home--go home--home."
death of a person
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Now, I go home--go home--home."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
and nothing more
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
a boy or man
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now I die.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
above and across; more than
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
compacted by ironing
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I do, Jooma," I said, and pressed his cold hard hand.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
not openly expressed
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Ver well," said the lad, faintly and slowly.
in or at the place that
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading We buried him just where he lay, between the gnarled roots of a great forest tree, and piled wood over the grave to keep the sneaking jackals at bay.
Chapter 3 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Gordon Stables holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
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