Chapter 26 of The Undying Past is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of The Undying Past is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Leo felt his own breath come faster. Now was his great opportunity. "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you. I will do nothing to you. Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
Chapter 26 of The Undying Past is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Leo felt his own breath come faster.”
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.”
more quickly
From this reading “Leo felt his own breath come faster.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.”
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading “Leo felt his own breath come faster.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Now was his great opportunity.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “"Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.”
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.
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In this reading “Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I will do nothing to you.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
more quickly
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Now was his great opportunity.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I will do nothing to you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now was his great opportunity.
and nothing more
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Now was his great opportunity.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Leo felt his own breath come faster.
refrain from harming
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
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From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
not in physical motion
From this reading Lie still and let me explain everything; only lie still.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I will do nothing to you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now was his great opportunity.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will do nothing to you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Spare yourself," he stammered, "I implore you.
Chapter 26 of The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 26 holds 403 sentences of The Undying Past, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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