Chapter 37 of The Moghul is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of The Moghul is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second. Then she broke into a smile . . until she saw the brandy. "Do you really need that now?"
Chapter 37 of The Moghul is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading “. until she saw the brandy.”
lacking funds
From this reading “Then she broke into a smile .”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “"Do you really need that now?"”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Then she broke into a smile .”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
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 “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
In this reading “She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading . until she saw the brandy.
lacking funds
From this reading Then she broke into a smile .
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then she broke into a smile .
a condition requiring relief
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
cut with a saw
From this reading . until she saw the brandy.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Then she broke into a smile .
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading . until she saw the brandy.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she broke into a smile .
up to a particular time
From this reading . until she saw the brandy.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading She startled awake and stared at him wildly for a second.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you really need that now?"
Chapter 37 of The Moghul by Thomas Hoover holds 456 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 37 holds 456 sentences of The Moghul, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 37 of The Moghul by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 456 sentences, grouped into 92 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 92 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 37 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Moghul, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
