Chapter 8 of The Eternal Maiden is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Eternal Maiden is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them. It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg. Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs. Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_! _Huk_!
Chapter 8 of The Eternal Maiden is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 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.
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
From this reading “It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.”
plural of “howl” — a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading “Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.”
being in captivity
From this reading “They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.”
inflected form of “prod” — to push against gently
From this reading “Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs.”
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.”
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.”
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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 It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
plural of “howl” — a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
being in captivity
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
inflected form of “prod” — to push against gently
From this reading Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs.
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
struck or filled with terror
From this reading Maisanguaq prodded the terror-stricken dogs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Their howls shrilled through the storm, "_Huk_!
having come into contact
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading They felt the great ice field rocking on the waves imprisoned beneath them.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading It trembled whenever it touched a passing berg.
Chapter 8 of The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 8 holds 398 sentences of The Eternal Maiden, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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