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Chapter 25 of Ulric the Jarl: A Story of the Penitent Thief is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CUNNING OF JULIUS. "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica! Woe to thee and to thy accursed race! But I have orders concerning thee and these. They will give us fine sport before long."
Chapter 25 of Ulric the Jarl: A Story of the Penitent Thief is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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under a curse
From this reading “Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!”
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading “But I have orders concerning thee and these.”
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading “THE CUNNING OF JULIUS.”
plural of “gladiator” — (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
From this reading “"O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “"O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!”
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading “"O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!”
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “They will give us fine sport before long."”
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading “Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!”
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.
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In this reading “They will give us fine sport before long."”
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under a curse
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading THE CUNNING OF JULIUS.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
plural of “gladiator” — (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CUNNING OF JULIUS.
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 They will give us fine sport before long."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CUNNING OF JULIUS.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
any competition
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CUNNING OF JULIUS.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But I have orders concerning thee and these.
a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "O Jew, thou hast brought to Tiberias the gladiators of Caius of Thessalonica!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They will give us fine sport before long."
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading Woe to thee and to thy accursed race!
Chapter 25 of Ulric the Jarl: A Story of the Penitent Thief by William O. Stoddard holds 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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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