Chapter 11 of Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRE UP! “What is the end and essence of life? It is to expand all our faculties and affections. It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love. It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
Chapter 11 of Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “affection” — a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “It is to expand all our faculties and affections.”
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.”
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
From this reading ““What is the end and essence of life?”
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
From this reading “It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.”
extend in one or more directions
From this reading “It is to expand all our faculties and affections.”
plural of “faculty” — one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
From this reading “It is to expand all our faculties and affections.”
knowledge and intellectual ability
From this reading “It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.”
attempt by employing effort
From this reading “It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.”
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.
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In this reading “It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.”
make visible
In this reading “It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
plural of “affection” — a positive feeling of liking
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
(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 It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
extend in one or more directions
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
plural of “faculty” — one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
start firing a weapon
From this reading FIRE UP!
obtain
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
knowledge and intellectual ability
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It is to grow, to gain by exercise new energy, new intellect, new love.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
attempt by employing effort
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is to expand all our faculties and affections.
in the direction of
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading FIRE UP!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is the end and essence of life?
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It is to hope, to strive, to bring out what is within us, to press towards what is above us.
Chapter 11 of Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition by Epes Sargent holds 79 sentences, grouped into 16 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.
Chapter 11 holds 79 sentences of Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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