Chapter 1 of The Rajah's Heir: A Novel in 3 Volumes is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Rajah's Heir: A Novel in 3 Volumes is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'A dream and a forgetting. Is our life that? The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so. A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached. And that--when will it be?
Chapter 1 of The Rajah's Heir: A Novel in 3 Volumes is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “'A dream and a forgetting.”
cause to stop
From this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
plural of “sage” — a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading “The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.”
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
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 “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
In this reading “A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.”
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 'A dream and a forgetting.
anew
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
(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 A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'A dream and a forgetting.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading 'A dream and a forgetting.
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
divisible by two
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading 'A dream and a forgetting.
yet to be or coming
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
cause to stop
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is our life that?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Is our life that?
not any; not one
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Is our life that?
the time that has elapsed
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
plural of “sage” — a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
express in words
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is our life that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
a shaky motion
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
up to a particular time
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
at the time that
From this reading And that--when will it be?
which person or people
From this reading The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And that--when will it be?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A dream--another dream; a beginning--an ending; a beginning again--an ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached.
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