Chapter 18 of Prince Charlie is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Prince Charlie is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke. Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched. Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire. Seven o'clock. Eight o'clock.
Chapter 18 of Prince Charlie is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.”
the act of breaking something
From this reading “THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.”
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading “THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.”
provide as food
From this reading “Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.”
coated with paint
From this reading “THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.”
comparative of “rosy” — reflecting optimism
From this reading “THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.”
plural of “sleeper” — a rester who is sleeping
From this reading “Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.”
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading “Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.”
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 “THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.”
In this reading “Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
the act of breaking something
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
lacking funds
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
being one more than seven
From this reading Eight o'clock.
apart from; not including
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
provide as food
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
according to the clock
From this reading Seven o'clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
coated with paint
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
comparative of “rosy” — reflecting optimism
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Seven o'clock.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
plural of “sleeper” — a rester who is sleeping
From this reading Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BREAKING OF THE DAY The eastern sky was painted rosier and rosier; day broke.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading Still the sleepers slept, and the watcher watched.
at the time that
From this reading Never moved he except when need arose to feed the fire.
Chapter 18 of Prince Charlie by Burford Delannoy holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 18 holds 130 sentences of Prince Charlie, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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