Chapter 23 of Pabo, the Priest: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Pabo, the Priest: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once. He had seen, he had touched the gold. The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell. He groped for it and soon found it. Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
Chapter 23 of Pabo, the Priest: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.”
past form of “grope” — feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading “He groped for it and soon found it.”
plural of “mole” — the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.”
a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
From this reading “Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.”
diminish gradually
From this reading “The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.”
having come into contact
From this reading “He had seen, he had touched the gold.”
cover with wax
From this reading “The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.”
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.”
feel searchingly
In this reading “He groped for it and soon found it.”
In this reading “The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
set up or found
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
coins made of gold
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
past form of “grope” — feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
plural of “mole” — the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
on one occasion
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
From this reading Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
in the near future
From this reading He groped for it and soon found it.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
diminish gradually
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he put his hand to his pouch for flint and steel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AURI MOLES PRÆGRANDIS Pabo rose to his feet at once.
having come into contact
From this reading He had seen, he had touched the gold.
cover with wax
From this reading The wax taper had dropped from his hand as he fell.
Chapter 23 of Pabo, the Priest: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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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