Chapter 25 of The Moghul is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Moghul is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself. So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried. Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar. It will hardly be necessary. The Englishman is destined to be forgotten soon.
Chapter 25 of The Moghul is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
include or contain; have as a component
From this reading “Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.”
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
From this reading “Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.”
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
From this reading “Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.”
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading “The Englishman is destined to be forgotten soon.”
a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by “Your” or “His” or “Her”
From this reading “So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.”
place or set apart
From this reading “Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.”
an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
From this reading “Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.”
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 “Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.”
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 Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will hardly be necessary.
include or contain; have as a component
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading The Englishman is destined to be forgotten soon.
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by “Your” or “His” or “Her”
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The Englishman is destined to be forgotten soon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
only a very short time before
From this reading It will hardly be necessary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
place or set apart
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will hardly be necessary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
absolutely essential
From this reading It will hardly be necessary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
in the near future
From this reading The Englishman is destined to be forgotten soon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nadir Sharif glanced at the silver cylinder and smiled to himself.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading Undoubtedly he's demanding I contain the Englishman, isolate him from Arangbar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will hardly be necessary.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading So His Excellency, Miguel Vaijantes, is worried.
Chapter 25 of The Moghul by Thomas Hoover holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 25 holds 453 sentences of The Moghul, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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