Chapter 31 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return. What was the use of it all? Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister? And what would be the result? A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
Chapter 31 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading “A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.”
expel from a community or group
From this reading “A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.”
German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
From this reading “On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.”
a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading “Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.”
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “And what would be the result?”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?”
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 “On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.”
In this reading “A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.”
anew
In this reading “Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?”
In this reading “Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?”
a younger brother
In this reading “Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?”
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 A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
anew
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
(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 What was the use of it all?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
expel from a community or group
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What was the use of it all?
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What was the use of it all?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
above and across; more than
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading And what would be the result?
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
an instance of visual perception
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
the act of using
From this reading What was the use of it all?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was the use of it all?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was the use of it all?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A dreadful, agitating sight--one which he could never banish from his memory.
which person or people
From this reading Was he to act the fable of the little brother and sister over again, and to be the little brother who had gone in search of his sister?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On the following morning, Bruno would have liked to return.
Chapter 31 of On the Heights: A Novel by Berthold Auerbach holds 345 sentences, grouped into 69 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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