Chapter 27 of The Roots of the Mountains Wherein Is Told is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Roots of the Mountains Wherein Is Told is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER. FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME. THE FOLK-MOTE SUNDERED. NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter. Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
Chapter 27 of The Roots of the Mountains Wherein Is Told is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lasting a long time
From this reading “NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.”
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading “Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:”
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:”
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
From this reading “THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.”
a large gathering of people
From this reading “NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.”
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 NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
lasting a long time
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
From this reading THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.
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From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
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From this reading THE FOLK-MOTE SUNDERED.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
the force of workers available
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FOLK-MOTE SUNDERED.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
a large gathering of people
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:
a formal word for “on”
From this reading NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding some new matter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE CAME.
Chapter 27 of The Roots of the Mountains Wherein Is Told by William Morris holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
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