Chapter 36 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 36 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STONE OF STUMBLING. But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle. They had deposed me from the ministry. They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people. They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
Chapter 36 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
force to leave (an office)
From this reading “They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.”
past form of “depose” — force to leave (an office)
From this reading “They had deposed me from the ministry.”
not in action or at work
From this reading “But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.”
past form of “invoke” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
From this reading “They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.”
steadfast in allegiance or duty
From this reading “They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.”
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
From this reading “They had deposed me from the ministry.”
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
From this reading “They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.”
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading “THE STONE OF STUMBLING.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
force to leave (an office)
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
past form of “depose” — force to leave (an office)
From this reading They had deposed me from the ministry.
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had deposed me from the ministry.
the act of departing
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
not in action or at work
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
past form of “invoke” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
steadfast in allegiance or duty
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had deposed me from the ministry.
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
From this reading They had deposed me from the ministry.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had deposed me from the ministry.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading They had invoked the secular arm, and that had been turned back.
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading They could not depose me from the hearts of a willing and loyal people.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading But whilst I had been going about my work the enemies had not been idle.
Chapter 36 of The Standard Bearer by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett holds 46 sentences, grouped into 10 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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