Chapter 3 of The Death of Wallenstein is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Death of Wallenstein is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ILLO. That was a chance. WALLENSTEIN (significantly). There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny. In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
Chapter 3 of The Death of Wallenstein is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
superlative of “mere” — being nothing more than specified
From this reading “There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
established irrevocably
From this reading “In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.”
in a statistically significant way
From this reading “WALLENSTEIN (significantly).”
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
plural of “spring” — the season of growth
From this reading “There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)
From this reading “WALLENSTEIN (significantly).”
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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 That was a chance.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
of short duration or distance
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading That was a chance.
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
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From this reading ILLO.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
superlative of “mere” — being nothing more than specified
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
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From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
established irrevocably
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
having a handwritten signature
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
in a statistically significant way
From this reading WALLENSTEIN (significantly).
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
plural of “spring” — the season of growth
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was a chance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
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From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
a special situation
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)
From this reading WALLENSTEIN (significantly).
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was a chance.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There's no such thing as chance And what to us seems merest accident Springs from the deepest source of destiny.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading In brief, 'tis signed and sealed that this Octavio Is my good angel--and now no word more.
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