Chapter 34 of The Pharaoh and the Priest is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 34 of The Pharaoh and the Priest is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began. All Egypt was green with growing wheat. On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley. In the air was the odor of orange blossoms. The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
Chapter 34 of The Pharaoh and the Priest is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a grain of barley
From this reading “On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.”
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.”
plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading “In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.”
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading “On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.”
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading “In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.”
plural of “patch” — a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.”
-ing form of “sow” — place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
From this reading “On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.”
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
From this reading “All Egypt was green with growing wheat.”
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.
(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 All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
completely unclothed
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
a grain of barley
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
(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 All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
the force of workers available
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading In the air was the odor of orange blossoms.
plural of “patch” — a small contrasting part of something
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
-ing form of “sow” — place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
the season of growth
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the middle of the month Famenut (January) spring began.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The water had fallen greatly and new bits of land were laid bare day by day.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On black patches of land crowds of men were sowing lupines, beans, and barley.
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
From this reading All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All Egypt was green with growing wheat.
Chapter 34 of The Pharaoh and the Priest by Bolesław Prus holds 631 sentences, grouped into 127 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.
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