Chapter 2 of The Image and the Likeness is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Image and the Likeness is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was all over in a moment. The madness was ended. We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men. For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike. Then one of the latter spoke.
Chapter 2 of The Image and the Likeness is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading “For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.”
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “The madness was ended.”
inflected form of “prop” — support by placing against something solid or rigid
From this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.
From this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
having skin of a specified kind
From this reading “For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.”
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.
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In this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
anew
In this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
at or in the front
In this reading “We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 It was all over in a moment.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
equally
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
(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 over in a moment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
uttered without voice
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading The madness was ended.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
to a considerable degree
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was all over in a moment.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all over in a moment.
and nothing more
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading Then one of the latter spoke.
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading The madness was ended.
the force of workers available
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
a particular point in time
From this reading It was all over in a moment.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
on one occasion
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then one of the latter spoke.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
above and across; more than
From this reading It was all over in a moment.
inflected form of “prop” — support by placing against something solid or rigid
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
having skin of a specified kind
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Then one of the latter spoke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The madness was ended.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then one of the latter spoke.
bound or secured closely
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For a time we just breathed heavily--ourselves and our brown skinned captors alike.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all over in a moment.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
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From this reading We were once more rational humans, tied hand and foot, and propped against the rocky ledge in front of a dozen yellow-robed men.
Chapter 2 of The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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