Chapter 25 of Roger Trewinion is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Roger Trewinion is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Chapter 25 of Roger Trewinion is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
From this reading “A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
From this reading “A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
possessive form of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
an old form of “has”
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Chapter 25 of Roger Trewinion by Joseph Hocking holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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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