Chapter 18 of Rujub, the Juggler is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Rujub, the Juggler is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below. “Is that you, Bathurst?” “All right, Doctor.” “Heaven be praised! You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
Chapter 18 of Rujub, the Juggler is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.”
a natural object that covers or envelops
From this reading “As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading ““Heaven be praised!”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.”
past form of “praise” — express approval of
From this reading ““Heaven be praised!”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.”
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading “You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
(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 right, Doctor.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Heaven be praised!
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
a natural object that covers or envelops
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “All right, Doctor.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “Heaven be praised!
an opening into or through something
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is that you, Bathurst?”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
past form of “praise” — express approval of
From this reading “Heaven be praised!
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, Doctor.”
in the near future
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is that you, Bathurst?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading As soon as Bathurst began to remove the covering of the hole, a voice came from below.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You are back sooner than I expected, by a long way.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Is that you, Bathurst?”
Chapter 18 of Rujub, the Juggler by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 378 sentences of Rujub, the Juggler, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Rujub, the Juggler by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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