Chapter 12 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke. Night was drawing near. “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask. “No.” “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
Chapter 12 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
appointed to a post or duty
From this reading ““Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.”
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading ““Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.”
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “Night was drawing near.”
weakening in force or intensity
From this reading “The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.”
not taken into account
From this reading ““Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.””
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading ““Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.”
put in the mind of someone
From this reading ““Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.””
the rays of the sun
From this reading “The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
appointed to a post or duty
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading Night was drawing near.
weakening in force or intensity
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
go away from a place
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Night was drawing near.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Night was drawing near.
not any; not one
From this reading “No.”
not taken into account
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
put in the mind of someone
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
the rays of the sun
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then they have overlooked it; I shall remind the king.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
at the time that
From this reading The sunlight was fading into gray when the princess turned to leave Thorndyke.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have they assigned you a chamber yet?” she paused to ask.
Chapter 12 of The Land of the Changing Sun by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 219 sentences of The Land of the Changing Sun, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Land of the Changing Sun by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 44 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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