Chapter 33 of The Companions of Jehu is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of The Companions of Jehu is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him. That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone. “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze. “Yes, colonel.” “They are singularly guarded.”
Chapter 33 of The Companions of Jehu is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading ““Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.”
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading “Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.”
plural of “george” — 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 “Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.”
prudent
From this reading ““They are singularly guarded.””
housing available for people to live in
From this reading ““Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.”
in a singular manner or to a singular degree
From this reading ““They are singularly guarded.””
plural of “sol” — a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading ““Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.”
past form of “suffice” — be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading “That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.”
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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 Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
Having no one else present.
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
put or send forth
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “Yes, colonel.”
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
plural of “george” — 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 Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
prudent
From this reading “They are singularly guarded.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
housing available for people to live in
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
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From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
in a singular manner or to a singular degree
From this reading “They are singularly guarded.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
plural of “sol” — a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
past form of “suffice” — be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Roland entered, as we have said, behind Georges, and as he entered cast a glance of careless curiosity around him.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That glance sufficed to show him that they were alone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, colonel.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are these your quarters, general?” asked Roland with a smile, turning the soles of his boots to the blaze.
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