Chapter VI of The mill of silence, “The Waking,” is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter VI of The mill of silence, “The Waking,” is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within. “Ay, he be sound enough. Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon. Now, youngster, where may you live?” I told him.
Chapter VI of The mill of silence, “The Waking,” is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.”
in a critical manner
From this reading “The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.”
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading “Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Now, youngster, where may you live?””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ay, he be sound enough.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Ay, he be sound enough.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
in a critical manner
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Ay, he be sound enough.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ay, he be sound enough.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told him.
the act of retaining something
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told him.
immediately past
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “Ay, he be sound enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
a special situation
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
in or at the place that
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The carter was holding the curtain back and critically apostrophizing the thing within.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading Reckon nought but the last trump’ll waken yon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
a young person of either sex
From this reading Now, youngster, where may you live?”
Chapter 6 of The mill of silence by Bernard Capes holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 6 holds 227 sentences of The mill of silence, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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