Chapter 3 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MESS. "He is more fortunate! Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future. His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be. O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
Chapter 3 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.”
having unexpected good fortune
From this reading “"He is more fortunate!”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “THE MESS.”
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!”
having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
From this reading “O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!”
an old word for “yes”
From this reading “Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!”
In this reading “Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
having unexpected good fortune
From this reading "He is more fortunate!
yet to be or coming
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He is more fortunate!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He is more fortunate!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
for more time
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading THE MESS.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "He is more fortunate!
not any; not one
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MESS.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
(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 O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
which person or people
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
in the company of; together with
From this reading O 'tis well with him, But who knows what the coming hour, Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading His life is bright; bright without spot it was, And cannot cease to be.
an old word for “yes”
From this reading Yea, he hath finished; For him there is no longer any future.
Chapter 3 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 by James Grant holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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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