Chapter 12 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Her first thought was to return home. But then she reflected: "I am dead. How can I return home? That would bring disaster on them. I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
Chapter 12 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 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.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “That would bring disaster on them.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “But then she reflected: "I am dead.”
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading “That would bring disaster on them.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"”
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"”
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading “But then she reflected: "I am dead.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “Her first thought was to return home.”
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 “be” used with “I”
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can I return home?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How can I return home?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have left the kingdom of the living; I am my own ghost!"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But then she reflected: "I am dead.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her first thought was to return home.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would bring disaster on them.
Chapter 12 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore holds 203 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 12 holds 203 sentences of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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.
Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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