Chapter 10 of The Home and the World is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Home and the World is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
26. Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person. Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me. On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother? O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
Chapter 10 of The Home and the World is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.”
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
From this reading “O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?”
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose
From this reading “Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.”
being one more than ten
From this reading “Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.”
fraught with danger
From this reading “On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?”
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading “O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?”
profoundly honored
From this reading “Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.”
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From this reading 26.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
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From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
the act of departing
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
being one more than ten
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
compensation for a wrong
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
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 God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
and nothing more
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
fraught with danger
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
a human being
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
profoundly honored
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
a male human offspring
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Food consecrated by the touch of a revered person.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading On what perilous adventure had I sent this only son of his mother?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading O God, why need my expiation have such pomp and circumstance?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Chapter Eleven Bimala's Story XX WITH Amulya's departure my heart sank within me.
Chapter 10 of The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 427 sentences of The Home and the World, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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