Chapter II of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3), “The Dreadful Secret,” is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter II of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3), “The Dreadful Secret,” is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment! Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me. Oh, Leonora! Leonora! Leonora!
Chapter II of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3), “The Dreadful Secret,” is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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, and audio.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.”
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading “Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!”
the act of punishing
From this reading “Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!”
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading “Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
intense and profound fear
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Leonora!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
the act of punishing
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Had Satan never fallen, Hell had been made for me.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Oh, shame! oh, guilt! oh, horror! oh, remorse Oh, punishment!
Chapter 2 of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3) by Pierce Egan holds 233 sentences, grouped into 47 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 2 holds 233 sentences of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Flower of the Flock, Volume 2 (of 3) by Pierce Egan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 233 sentences, grouped into 47 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 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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