Chapter 12 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers. "Who are you?" "A chief, like you. Quick--cut; we can save you." There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
Chapter 12 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.”
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading “The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.”
a person who is in charge
From this reading “"A chief, like you.”
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Quick--cut; we can save you."”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.”
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.”
a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
From this reading “There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.”
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.
In this reading “There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.”
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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 "A chief, like you.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Who are you?"
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Quick--cut; we can save you."
a person who is in charge
From this reading "A chief, like you.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading Quick--cut; we can save you."
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "A chief, like you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Quick--cut; we can save you."
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
except for; apart from
From this reading Quick--cut; we can save you."
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The new-comer brushed his hand across his brow and flicked the blood from his fingers.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Quick--cut; we can save you."
which person or people
From this reading "Who are you?"
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Who are you?"
a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
From this reading There was a fall of stones, the Zulu cry rose within the walls.
Chapter 12 of The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 408 sentences of The Golden Rock, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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