Chapter 10 of The Monk: A Romance is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Monk: A Romance is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret? O! That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be. I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum. BLAIR.
Chapter 10 of The Monk: A Romance is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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divulge confidential information or secrets
From this reading “That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.”
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
From this reading “BLAIR.”
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
From this reading “That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.”
plural of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.”
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
From this reading “Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.”
for a short time
From this reading “That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.”
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an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
divulge confidential information or secrets
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
From this reading BLAIR.
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
plural of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
well in the past; former
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
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From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
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From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
the force of workers available
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
not one, and not any
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
for a short time
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
express in words
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve heard that Souls departed have sometimes Fore-warned Men of their deaths: ’Twas kindly done To knock, and give the alarum.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That some courteous Ghost would blab it out, What ’tis you are, and we must shortly be.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tell us, ye Dead, will none of you in pity To those you left behind disclose the secret?
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