Chapter 11 of The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SETTING THE SNARES. Kāra also dreamed. The girl’s eyes haunted him. He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look. And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
Chapter 11 of The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading “He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.”
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
From this reading “He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.”
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading “The girl’s eyes haunted him.”
never-ceasing
From this reading “And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.”
introduce
From this reading “He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.”
plural of “snare” — something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
From this reading “SETTING THE SNARES.”
an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
From this reading “And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.”
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in addition
From this reading Kāra also dreamed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading Kāra also dreamed.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
expel through adjuration or prayers
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The girl’s eyes haunted him.
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girl’s eyes haunted him.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading The girl’s eyes haunted him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girl’s eyes haunted him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
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From this reading Kāra also dreamed.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
never-ceasing
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
introduce
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading SETTING THE SNARES.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
plural of “snare” — something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
From this reading SETTING THE SNARES.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SETTING THE SNARES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
a vivid mental image
From this reading And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
(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 And he cursed the persistent vision and tried to exorcise it, well knowing it might lead to his undoing.
in or to any place at all
From this reading He saw her bright, eager glance, her appealing smile, the graceful pose of her beautiful head wherever he might chance to look.
Chapter 11 of The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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 11 holds 115 sentences of The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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