Chapter 26 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair. On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain. On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's. The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly. On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
Chapter 26 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 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, audio, and collocations from this reading.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.”
went away to a private place
From this reading “On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.”
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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 On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
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From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
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From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
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From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
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From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
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From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
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From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
went away to a private place
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The deadlier symptoms succeeded one another rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GERARD returned to consciousness and to despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the fifth day his leech retired and gave him up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the second day he was raving with fever on the brain.
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From this reading On a table hard by lay his rich auburn hair, long as a woman's.
