Chapter 21 of The Wolf-Men is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Wolf-Men is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS. FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home. Home! Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven? Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
Chapter 21 of The Wolf-Men is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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see with attention
From this reading “Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?”
highly enthusiastic
From this reading “Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?”
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
From this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
the criminal class
From this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
An arched structure of masonry forming a ceiling, or a secure subterranean storage room.
From this reading “Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?”
plural of “wild” — a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
From this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
In this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
temporarily
In this reading “FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.”
look on as or consider
In this reading “Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
anew
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS.
see with attention
From this reading Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
at any time
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
well known or easily recognized
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
highly enthusiastic
From this reading Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
roused to anger
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
a particular point in time
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
a quality that outshines the usual
From this reading Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Ever more behold the glowing splendour of the sun?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
having no tracks
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
the criminal class
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
An arched structure of masonry forming a ceiling, or a secure subterranean storage room.
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
plural of “wild” — a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
in the company of; together with
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would they ever again look upon the glorious blue of the vault of heaven?
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading FOR a moment the familiar sound, heard in the trackless wilds of the underworld, set each man’s heart throbbing with a mad yearning for home.
Chapter 21 of The Wolf-Men by David Franklin Powell holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 21 holds 145 sentences of The Wolf-Men, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Wolf-Men by David Franklin Powell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
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