Chapter 9 of The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Unorna let herself sink into a chair. She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again. “Yes,” she said at last. “Perhaps I was a little nervous. Why did you lock me in?
Chapter 9 of The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.”
fasten with a lock
From this reading “Why did you lock me in?”
not in physical motion
From this reading “She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.”
easily agitated
From this reading ““Perhaps I was a little nervous.”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Unorna let herself sink into a chair.”
plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class
From this reading “She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.”
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
anew
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Perhaps I was a little nervous.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
immediately past
From this reading “Yes,” she said at last.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Perhaps I was a little nervous.
fasten with a lock
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
not in physical motion
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
easily agitated
From this reading “Perhaps I was a little nervous.
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps I was a little nervous.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Yes,” she said at last.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unorna let herself sink into a chair.
in a vacant manner
From this reading She stared almost vacantly at Keyork, then glanced uneasily at the motionless specimens, then stared at him again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Perhaps I was a little nervous.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes,” she said at last.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why did you lock me in?
Chapter 9 of The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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