Chapter 12 of The black border is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The black border is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging. T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking. T’IRTEEN--thirteen. T’IRTY--thirty. T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.
Chapter 12 of The black border is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
From this reading “’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.”
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading “’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.”
plural of “sting” — a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading “’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading “T’IRTEEN--thirteen.”
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading “T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.”
plural of “thistle” — any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading “T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.”
cause to make a ting
From this reading “’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.”
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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
From this reading ’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading ’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.
plural of “sting” — a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading ’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading ’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T’IRTEEN--thirteen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T’IRTY--thirty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking.
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading T’IRTEEN--thirteen.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading T’IRTY--thirty.
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.
plural of “thistle” — any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading T’ISTLE--thistle, thistles.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading T’INK--think, thinks, thought, thinking.
cause to make a ting
From this reading ’TING--sting, stings, stung, stinging.
Chapter 12 of The black border by Ambrose Elliott Gonzalez holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 12 holds 401 sentences of The black border, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The black border by Ambrose Elliott Gonzalez exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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