Chapter 12 of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, I don’t know. Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’ It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me. Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.” “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
Chapter 12 of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading “Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’”
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
transport commercially
From this reading “It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.””
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
engage in
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
the force of workers available
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
recurring again and again
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
transport commercially
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
in the near future
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading Perhaps it means ‘I’m beastly tired.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s great nonsence,” he repeated, “but all those men in the ship seem as real people to me.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Do do something to the notion soon; I should like to see it written and printed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But all you’ve told me would make a long book.”
Chapter 12 of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost by Rudyard Kipling holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 12 holds 188 sentences of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 38 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 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.
Common questions about reading The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost by Rudyard Kipling on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2652 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2806 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #2806, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 221 minutes of reading across 531 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 14 chapters of The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
