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Chapter 5 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate. Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief. She had had no other child. One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court. His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
Chapter 5 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
the act of buying
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
make certain of
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
From this reading “He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.”
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
From this reading “His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.”
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.”
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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 One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
later than; following
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
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From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
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From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
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From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
the act of buying
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
a young person of either sex
From this reading She had had no other child.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
make certain of
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had had no other child.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
not any; not one
From this reading She had had no other child.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
on one occasion
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She had had no other child.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had had no other child.
not in physical motion
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading One day Anukul was resting after a long and weary day in court.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
in or at the place that
From this reading He went off at once to Baraset where Anukul was magistrate.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His wife was buying, at an exorbitant price, a herb from a mendicant quack, which was said to ensure the birth of a child.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Anukul's wife was still broken down with grief.
Chapter 5 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 202 sentences of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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