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Prince Prigio

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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_The Prince and the Remora_.
If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
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Prince Prigio

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Prince Prigio is here in full — 26 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/5 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_The Prince and the Remora_.
Line 2
If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
/ɪf hiː hæd bɪn tuː wɔːrm bɪˈfɔːr ðə prɪns wɑːz tuː koʊld naʊ/
Line 3
The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
Line 4
All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
Line 5
The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
/ðə prɪns felt hɪz blʌd stænd stɪl ənd hiː ɡruː feɪnt bʌt hiː tʊk hɑːrt fɔːr ðer wɑːz noʊ taɪm tuː weɪst/

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armour noun US /ˈɑːrmər/

a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

From this reading “All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.”

frosted adjective US /ˈfrɔːstəd/

(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost

From this reading “All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.”

frozen adjective US /ˈfroʊzən/

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading “The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.”

icy adjective US /ˈaɪsi/

devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

From this reading “The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.”

marble noun US /ˈmɑːrbəl/

a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

From this reading “All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.”

solid adjective US /ˈsɑːləd/

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading “The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.”

statues noun US /ˈstætʃuːz/

plural of “statue” — a sculpture representing a human or animal

From this reading “All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.”

steel noun US /stiːl/

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 “The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.”

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AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.

armournounUS /ˈɑːrmər/

a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

beastnounUS /biːst/

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

bodiesnounUS /ˈbɑːdiz/

plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

breathnounUS /breθ/

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

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 If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

faintadjectiveUS /feɪnt/

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

feltverbUS /felt/

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

fightverbUS /faɪt/

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

frostedadjectiveUS /ˈfrɔːstəd/

(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

grewverbUS /ɡruː/

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

hillnounUS /hɪl/

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

horsesnounUS /ˈhɔːrsəz/

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

icyadjectiveUS /ˈaɪsi/

devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

indeedadverbUS /ˌɪnˈdiːd/

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

knightsnounUS /naɪts/

plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

marblenounUS /ˈmɑːrbəl/

a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

massnounUS /mæs/

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

PrincenounUS /prɪns/

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.

Remoranoun

marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.

rushedadjectiveUS /rʌʃt/

done under pressure

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

solidadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləd/

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

standverbUS /stænd/

be standing; be upright

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

statuesnounUS /ˈstætʃuːz/

plural of “statue” — a sculpture representing a human or animal

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

steelnounUS /stiːl/

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 The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/

not in physical motion

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

tooadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

tookverbUS /tʊk/

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

warmadjectiveUS /wɔːrm/

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.

wastenounUS /weɪst/

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.

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