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.
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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.
The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep. I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet. A prophet, Joseph, and to anoint a king? But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel. And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
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 5/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 21–25
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choose by or as if by divine intervention
From this reading “A prophet, Joseph, and to anoint a king?”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.”
the time you go to bed
From this reading “And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.”
possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.”
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
From this reading “But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.”
an authoritative person who divines the future
From this reading “I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.”
the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
From this reading “But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
(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 I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
choose by or as if by divine intervention
From this reading A prophet, Joseph, and to anoint a king?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
in a state of sleep
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
the time you go to bed
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
demanding attention
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading A prophet, Joseph, and to anoint a king?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading A prophet, Joseph, and to anoint a king?
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
not any; not one
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
an authoritative person who divines the future
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there are no more prophets or kings in Israel.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading And now, Joseph, my little prophet, 'tis bedtime and past it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
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From this reading The child's asleep, she said, and on the instant he awoke crying: no, Granny, I wasn't asleep.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I heard all you said and would like to be a prophet.
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