Chapter 6 of Twilight Land is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Twilight Land is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes.” “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?” “Yes.” “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?” “Yes.”
Chapter 6 of Twilight Land is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the male ruler of an empire
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
inflected form of “undertake” — enter upon an activity or enterprise
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
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 “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
possession of controlling influence
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
on the contrary
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
express a supposition
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
inflected form of “undertake” — enter upon an activity or enterprise
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
Chapter 6 of Twilight Land by Howard Pyle holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
Chapter 6 holds 189 sentences of Twilight Land, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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