Chapter 1 of The Wandering Jew — Volume 11 is here in full — 61 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Wandering Jew — Volume 11 is here in full — 61 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. The sun is fast sinking. In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist. Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
Chapter 1 of The Wandering Jew — Volume 11 is here in full — 61 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading “THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.”
follower of Baptistic doctrines
From this reading “JOHN THE BAPTIST.”
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.”
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
From this reading “Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.”
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading “Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.”
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.”
plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading “THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.”
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “The sun is fast sinking.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.
how long something has existed
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
follower of Baptistic doctrines
From this reading JOHN THE BAPTIST.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading The sun is fast sinking.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun is fast sinking.
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN THE BAPTIST.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.
on one occasion
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
move upward
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading The sun is fast sinking.
a state of social isolation
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun is fast sinking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist.
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