Chapter 13 of The Star Woman is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Star Woman is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief. “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad. She would send her spirit to make him well. She would send her young men to meet him.” At this hint, Crawford woke up.
Chapter 13 of The Star Woman is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
From this reading “At this hint, Crawford woke up.”
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.”
an indirect suggestion
From this reading “At this hint, Crawford woke up.”
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading “HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.”
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading “HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.”
cool and formal in manner
From this reading “HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “At this hint, Crawford woke up.”
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cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “At this hint, Crawford woke up.”
In this reading “She would send her young men to meet him.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this hint, Crawford woke up.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
a person who is in charge
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
From this reading At this hint, Crawford woke up.
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She would send her spirit to make him well.
an indirect suggestion
From this reading At this hint, Crawford woke up.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
engage in
From this reading She would send her spirit to make him well.
come together
From this reading She would send her young men to meet him.”
the force of workers available
From this reading She would send her young men to meet him.”
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From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
cool and formal in manner
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
try to get or reach
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading She would send her spirit to make him well.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would send her spirit to make him well.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading She would send her spirit to make him well.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this hint, Crawford woke up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
(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 She would send her spirit to make him well.
which person or people
From this reading HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD In the silence that followed spoke up Black Kettle, who was less restrained than the elder chief.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading At this hint, Crawford woke up.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If the Star Woman knew that Metaminens came to seek her, then her heart would be glad.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading She would send her young men to meet him.”
Chapter 13 of The Star Woman by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones holds 309 sentences, grouped into 62 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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