Chapter 11 of The Ghost-Seer is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 11 of The Ghost-Seer is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------. August. The prince is revelling in love and bliss. He has recovered his fair Greek. I must relate to you how this happened.
Chapter 11 of The Ghost-Seer is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “August.”
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading “BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.”
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading “The prince is revelling in love and bliss.”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.”
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
From this reading “He has recovered his fair Greek.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “I must relate to you how this happened.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “He has recovered his fair Greek.”
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “I must relate to you how this happened.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading August.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading He has recovered his fair Greek.
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The prince is revelling in love and bliss.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARON F------ TO COUNT O-------.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must relate to you how this happened.
Chapter 11 of The Ghost-Seer by Friedrich Schiller holds 62 sentences, grouped into 13 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 11 holds 62 sentences of The Ghost-Seer, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Ghost-Seer by Friedrich Schiller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 62 sentences, grouped into 13 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.
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