Chapter 3 of The King's Cup-Bearer is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The King's Cup-Bearer is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Good Hand. The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size? It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope. Yet who can grasp such a number as that? Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
Chapter 3 of The King's Cup-Bearer is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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carefully thought out in advance
From this reading “It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.”
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading “The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?”
hold firmly
From this reading “Yet who can grasp such a number as that?”
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?”
plural of “object” — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading “Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?”
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading “The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?”
crush together or collapse
From this reading “It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?”
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From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet who can grasp such a number as that?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
divisible by two
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The Good Hand.
hold firmly
From this reading Yet who can grasp such a number as that?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The Good Hand.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading Yet who can grasp such a number as that?
plural of “object” — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Yet who can grasp such a number as that?
crush together or collapse
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Good Hand.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which of us can picture in his mind 100,000,000 objects?
which person or people
From this reading The mighty universe, the great empire of the King of kings, who shall give us even a faint idea of its size?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It has been calculated that about 100,000,000 stars can be seen from our world by means of a telescope.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet who can grasp such a number as that?
Chapter 3 of The King's Cup-Bearer by O. F., Mrs. Walton holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 151 sentences of The King's Cup-Bearer, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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