Chapter 11 of The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
O World! O Life! O Time! On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime? No more--Oh, never more!
Chapter 11 of The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 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.
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
a state of high honor
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
first in rank or degree
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
a shaky motion
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
belonging to which person
From this reading “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
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 “On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?”
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
a state of high honor
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
immediately past
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading O Life!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading No more--Oh, never more!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading No more--Oh, never more!
not any; not one
From this reading No more--Oh, never more!
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 O World!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading No more--Oh, never more!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
first in rank or degree
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading O Time!
a shaky motion
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
at the time that
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
in or at the place that
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
belonging to which person
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading O World!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime?
Chapter 11 of The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best by Francis Turner [Editor] Palgrave holds 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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 355 sentences of The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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