Chapter 11 of The Choir Invisible is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Choir Invisible is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So it ought to help you! It will help you. It will help you to be what you are trying to be. There are things here that you have sought and have never found. There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
Chapter 11 of The Choir Invisible is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.”
past form of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading “There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.”
come together
From this reading “There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “"So it ought to help you!”
that is looked for
From this reading “There are things here that you have sought and have never found.”
hard to endure
From this reading “It will help you to be what you are trying to be.”
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading “There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It will help you to be what you are trying to be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will help you to be what you are trying to be.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
at any time
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
past form of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
set up or found
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
apprehended with certainty
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
come together
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
that is looked for
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading There are things here that you have sought and have never found.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
hard to endure
From this reading It will help you to be what you are trying to be.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It will help you to be what you are trying to be.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will help you.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading There are characters here whom you have wished to meet without ever having known that they existed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So it ought to help you!
Chapter 11 of The Choir Invisible by James Lane Allen holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 162 sentences of The Choir Invisible, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Choir Invisible by James Lane Allen exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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