Chapter 27 of The Goose Man is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of The Goose Man is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Daniel was silent. It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner. Memory failed him. The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him. What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
Chapter 27 of The Goose Man is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
From this reading “It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.”
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading “Daniel was silent.”
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “Memory failed him.”
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading “The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “Memory failed him.”
not known
From this reading “The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.”
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading “What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.”
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.
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading Daniel was silent.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
divisible by two
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Memory failed him.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
only a very short time before
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Memory failed him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory failed him.
not any; not one
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Daniel was silent.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
not known
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading It was all so strange; he could hardly adapt himself to Benda’s voice and manner.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Daniel was silent.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What he himself felt had no weight with his friend; it did not even have meaning.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The world of Benda was all too foreign, unknown to him.
Chapter 27 of The Goose Man by Jakob Wassermann holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 27 holds 395 sentences of The Goose Man, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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