Chapter 39 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 39 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL. “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!” And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face. Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground. The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
Chapter 39 of The Standard Bearer is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading “And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.”
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading “THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.”
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading “The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.”
a deep prolonged loud noise
From this reading “THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.”
the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
From this reading “And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.”
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.”
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.”
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
In this reading “The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.”
In this reading “Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.”
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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 “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
later than; following
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
experiencing joy and pleasure
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
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From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
a deep prolonged loud noise
From this reading THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
only a very short time before
From this reading Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.
a trait of dignified seriousness
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
in or at that place or location
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And now, the rubicon being passed, there shone a quick and alert gladness upon her face.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The mood of sedateness had passed away, and she hummed a gay tune as we went down the stairs.
during the time that
From this reading “Come,” she said, after a while, “let us go to my father!”
Chapter 39 of The Standard Bearer by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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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