Chapter 13 of The Carpet from Bagdad is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Carpet from Bagdad is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her. It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts. Fortune there? It was not believable. What place had she in this tangled web?
Chapter 13 of The Carpet from Bagdad is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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capable of being believed
From this reading “It was not believable.”
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
From this reading “It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.”
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading “NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.”
an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
From this reading “It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.”
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
From this reading “NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.”
in a confused mass
From this reading “What place had she in this tangled web?”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.”
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading “What place had she in this tangled web?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.”
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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 NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
capable of being believed
From this reading It was not believable.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Fortune there?
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
the act of giving
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
roused to anger
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
in a confused mass
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Fortune there?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
in the direction of
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading NOT A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK George, his brain in tumult, a fierce tigerish courage giving fictitious strength to his body, staggered toward her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a mad dream, a mirage of his own disordered thoughts.
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What place had she in this tangled web?
Chapter 13 of The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath holds 314 sentences, grouped into 63 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 13 holds 314 sentences of The Carpet from Bagdad, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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