Chapter 1 of The Arctic Queen is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Arctic Queen is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Arctic Queen. OPEN POLAR SEA. THE ARCTIC QUEEN. PART FIRST. OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
Chapter 1 of The Arctic Queen is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
From this reading “The Arctic Queen.”
past form of “ascend” — travel up
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
not characterized by emotion
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
meet formally
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
having a pair of equal and opposite charges
From this reading “OPEN POLAR SEA.”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
From this reading “OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.”
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(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 OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
From this reading The Arctic Queen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
past form of “ascend” — travel up
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
a low-lying region in central France
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
not characterized by emotion
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
meet formally
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading PART FIRST.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading OPEN POLAR SEA.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading PART FIRST.
having a pair of equal and opposite charges
From this reading OPEN POLAR SEA.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The Arctic Queen.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading OPEN POLAR SEA.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
in a swift manner
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Arctic Queen.
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen, Ascended to her everlasting throne Built on the steadfast centre of the world, And waited for the middle hour of night, Now swiftly coming, to convene her court.
Chapter 1 of The Arctic Queen by Unknown holds 483 sentences, grouped into 97 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 1 holds 483 sentences of The Arctic Queen, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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