Chapter 36 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DEAD! There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt. The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again. He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful. He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
Chapter 36 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “He bent down and made a long examination of the body.”
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading “He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.”
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading “He bent down and made a long examination of the body.”
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading “The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.”
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
From this reading “The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.”
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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 There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
anew
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading DEAD!
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
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 He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
the basic unit of money in Lesotho
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He bent down and made a long examination of the body.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
above and across; more than
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading There lay the body of the King of Asturia without a doubt.
Chapter 36 of The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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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