Chapter 22 of The Golden Hope is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Golden Hope is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away. He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down. Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet. "Wake up!" cried the Theban. "We still have a chance.
Chapter 22 of The Golden Hope is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.”
move upward
From this reading “He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.”
block consisting of a thick piece of something
From this reading “BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “"Wake up!" cried the Theban.”
past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading “He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.”
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.
cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “"Wake up!" cried the Theban.”
In this reading “BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading "We still have a chance.
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From this reading Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.
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From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Wake up!" cried the Theban.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We still have a chance.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
a relaxed comfortable feeling
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
move upward
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Chares seized him and dragged him to his feet.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
block consisting of a thick piece of something
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
not in physical motion
From this reading "We still have a chance.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
From this reading "Wake up!" cried the Theban.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Wake up!" cried the Theban.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY As Clearchus lay upon the broad slab, the voices of his friends seemed to him faint and far away.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading "Wake up!" cried the Theban.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We still have a chance.
past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading He tried to rise, but a strange languor weighed him down.
Chapter 22 of The Golden Hope by Robert H. (Robert Higginson) Fuller holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 22 holds 196 sentences of The Golden Hope, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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