Chapter 1 of The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah? Dan asked. Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded. CHAP. II.
Chapter 1 of The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 26/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 126–130
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Dan asked.”
a boy or man
From this reading “CHAP.”
made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
From this reading “Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Dan asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
a boy or man
From this reading CHAP.
made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dan asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II.
by chance
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Maybe, she said, and Dan's face clouded.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Has he been speaking to thee about Azariah?
Chapter 1 of The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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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