Chapter 18 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What had happened to them? Were they only apparently dead? Did they awake? Did they rise from the dead? What are they seeking here?
Chapter 18 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
from appearances alone
From this reading “Were they only apparently dead?”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “Did they awake?”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Were they only apparently dead?”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “What had happened to them?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “What are they seeking here?”
and nothing more
From this reading “Were they only apparently dead?”
move upward
From this reading “Did they rise from the dead?”
the act of searching for something
From this reading “What are they seeking here?”
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from appearances alone
From this reading Were they only apparently dead?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are they seeking here?
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Did they awake?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Were they only apparently dead?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did they awake?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Did they rise from the dead?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had happened to them?
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading What had happened to them?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What are they seeking here?
and nothing more
From this reading Were they only apparently dead?
move upward
From this reading Did they rise from the dead?
the act of searching for something
From this reading What are they seeking here?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Did they rise from the dead?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What had happened to them?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Were they only apparently dead?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What had happened to them?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were they only apparently dead?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had happened to them?
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