Chapter 20 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Behold! Where are their abodes? Their places are not, even as though they had not been." --TOMB OF KING ENTEF. Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
Chapter 20 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.”
see with attention
From this reading “"Behold!”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.”
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading “Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “--TOMB OF KING ENTEF.”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Their places are not, even as though they had not been."”
move upward
From this reading “Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.”
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading “--TOMB OF KING ENTEF.”
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From this reading Where are their abodes?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
react verbally
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Where are their abodes?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
see with attention
From this reading "Behold!
next to; at the side of
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --TOMB OF KING ENTEF.
divisible by two
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading --TOMB OF KING ENTEF.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --TOMB OF KING ENTEF.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
move upward
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Where are their abodes?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Their places are not, even as though they had not been."
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading --TOMB OF KING ENTEF.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Desire Michell was beside me, and I could not rise or answer her.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where are their abodes?
Chapter 20 of The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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.
Chapter 20 holds 74 sentences of The Thing from the Lake, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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