Chapter 8 of The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER. Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe. PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON. The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council. Tohomish went with him.
Chapter 8 of The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading “The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.”
having lost your job
From this reading “The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.”
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading “The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.”
a person with unusual powers of foresight
From this reading “THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER.”
in the near future
From this reading “The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.”
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading “Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.
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From this reading Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
having lost your job
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tohomish went with him.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
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From this reading PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.
a person with unusual powers of foresight
From this reading THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER.
in the near future
From this reading The war-chief left the grove as soon as he had dismissed the council.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tohomish went with him.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Tohomish went with him.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tohomish went with him.
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading Cassandra's wild voice prophesying woe.
Chapter 8 of The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian by Frederic Homer Balch holds 57 sentences, grouped into 12 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 8 holds 57 sentences of The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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