Chapter 3 of The Induna's Wife is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Induna's Wife is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Then it shall be well with me and mine." "Well with thee and thine? Will it then--with thee and thine! Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before. "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
Chapter 3 of The Induna's Wife is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a steep high face of rock
From this reading “Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"Then it shall be well with me and mine."”
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading “Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “"Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “"Well with thee and thine?”
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.”
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading “"Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.”
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 “Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
recurring again and again
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "Well with thee and thine?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
an old word for “yours”
From this reading "Well with thee and thine?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
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From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading "Go now and slay it, Untuswa, thou valiant one.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will it then--with thee and thine!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Then it shall be well with me and mine."
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Ha, ha!" repeated the voice within the cliff, in the same tone of mockery as before.
Chapter 3 of The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford holds 426 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 3 holds 426 sentences of The Induna's Wife, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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