Chapter 23 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika. After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports. There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets. One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior. Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
Chapter 23 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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moving quickly and lightly
From this reading “One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.”
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
From this reading “One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.”
past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.”
plural of “net” — a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading “There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.”
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.”
superlative of “swift” — moving very fast
From this reading “One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.”
the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
From this reading “There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.”
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 “One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.”
In this reading “Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
later than; following
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
anew
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
moving quickly and lightly
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
used to form the superlative
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
plural of “net” — a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Beside, there will be a fight with beasts--a lion will be loosed on a Christian.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
superlative of “swift” — moving very fast
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading One of the swiftest, most agile, will to-day compete with a burly warrior.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ONE FOR ANOTHER 'Now thou art well again, Nika.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There will be rare tactics with the retiarii armed with nets.
in the company of; together with
From this reading After thou hast rested, come with me, and see the sports.
Chapter 23 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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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