Chapter 14 of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But the reality——?" She did not seem to expect an answer. The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place. They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence. Nothing had changed.
Chapter 14 of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “bough” — any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading “The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.”
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “She did not seem to expect an answer.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading “"But the reality——?"”
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading “The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.”
in a confused mass
From this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
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 “The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.”
In this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
In this reading “They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.”
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.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
react verbally
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
plural of “bough” — any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But the reality——?"
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Nothing had changed.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing had changed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading "But the reality——?"
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
in a confused mass
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But the reality——?"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She did not seem to expect an answer.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The boughs of the trees had swung back into their place.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading They stood together at the edge of the water, looking down into its tangled depths, listening to the silence.
Chapter 14 of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 14 holds 411 sentences of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Hermit Doctor of Gaya by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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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