Chapter 32 of Starvecrow Farm is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXII
Chapter 32 of Starvecrow Farm is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SEARCH To return to Bishop. Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village. There, however, he could hear nothing. No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there. And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
Chapter 32 of Starvecrow Farm is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading “THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.”
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading “And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.”
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 “Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There, however, he could hear nothing.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading There, however, he could hear nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading There, however, he could hear nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
not any; not one
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There, however, he could hear nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading No one of Henrietta’s figure and appearance had been seen there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, however, he could hear nothing.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SEARCH To return to Bishop.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
(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 And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Thrown off the trail in the wood, he pushed along the road as far as Windermere village.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading And in the worst of humours, with the world as well as with himself, he put about and returned to the inn.
Chapter 32 of Starvecrow Farm by Stanley John Weyman holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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