Chapter 2 of The road to Sinharat is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The road to Sinharat is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness. They felt good. Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet. "Someone told them there was an Earthman here." * * * * * Derech nodded.
Chapter 2 of The road to Sinharat is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “buckle” — fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading “"I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.”
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title “emeritus” as in “professor emeritus”
From this reading “Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.”
put a harness
From this reading “"I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.”
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
From this reading “"I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “* * * * * Derech nodded.”
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
From this reading “Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Someone told them there was an Earthman here."”
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settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
In this reading “Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.”
In this reading “Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
-ing form of “buckle” — fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * Derech nodded.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
an inhabitant of the earth
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title “emeritus” as in “professor emeritus”
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading They felt good.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading They felt good.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
put a harness
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading * * * * * Derech nodded.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
on the contrary
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They felt good.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Someone told them there was an Earthman here."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "I thought I did rather well," Carey said, buckling kilt and harness.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
but in spite of that
From this reading Perhaps some day, if he lived, he would settle down to being the good gray Dr. Carey, archeologist emeritus, but the day was not yet.
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