Chapter 14 of The Moghul is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Moghul is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid. "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery. Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England." Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed. "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
Chapter 14 of The Moghul is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “"Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.”
elaborately or excessively ornamented
From this reading “Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.”
past form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."”
operate an airplane
From this reading “"'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.”
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading “"'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed.”
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading “Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.”
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.
deserving blame
In this reading “"Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
at any time
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
elaborately or excessively ornamented
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
past form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
From this reading "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed.
by chance
From this reading "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
operate an airplane
From this reading "Perhaps the pilot was at fault, perhaps not.
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed.
express in words
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Mirza Nuruddin listened, then sighed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading Elkington listened to Hawksworth's translation, his face growing ever more florid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Twas the damned pilot's knavery.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tell him I'd see him hanged if this was England."
Chapter 14 of The Moghul by Thomas Hoover holds 458 sentences, grouped into 92 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 14 holds 458 sentences of The Moghul, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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