Chapter 21 of The Worshipper of the Image is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Worshipper of the Image is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"RESURGAM!" "Resurgam!" Had his senses deceived him? They must have deceived him. And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
Chapter 21 of The Worshipper of the Image is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “deceive” — be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading “Had his senses deceived him?”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “Had his senses deceived him?”
in a startling manner
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading “And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.”
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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 And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
past form of “deceive” — be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading Had his senses deceived him?
shoot down, of birds
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had his senses deceived him?
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They must have deceived him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had his senses deceived him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Had his senses deceived him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They must have deceived him.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
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From this reading "RESURGAM!"
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading Had his senses deceived him?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
in a startling manner
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They must have deceived him.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass.
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