All 50 Uses of
omen
in
The Alchemist, by Coelho
- He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, and that it was a good omen.
p. 31.4omen = sign of what would happen
- In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens.
p. 31.9omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- You just have to read the omens that he left for you.
p. 32.0
- He remembered something his grandfather had once told him: that butterflies were a good omen.
p. 32.3 *omen = sign of something about to happen
- These are good omens.
p. 32.5omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so.†
p. 33.0
- And don't forget the language of omens.†
p. 33.3
- The old man had spoken about signs and omens, and, as the boy was crossing the strait, he had thought about omens.†
p. 37.7
- The old man had spoken about signs and omens, and, as the boy was crossing the strait, he had thought about omens.†
p. 37.7
- He was thinking about omens, and someone had appeared.†
p. 38.2
- They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read the omens.†
p. 43.9
- "Learn to recognize omens, and follow them," the old king had said.†
p. 44.4
- An omen.†
p. 44.5omen = sign of something about to happen
- Only in that way would he be able to read the omens.†
p. 47.0omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- Two customers came in today while you were working, and that's a good omen.†
p. 49.6omen = sign of something about to happen
- People talk a lot about omens, thought the shepherd.†
p. 49.6omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- "Because we have to respond to omens," the boy said, almost without meaning to; then he regretted what he had said, because the merchant had never met the king.†
p. 54.5
- The boy's very presence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money was pouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy.†
p. 54.8omen = sign of something about to happen
- He had learned some important things, like how to deal in crystal, and about the language without words...and about omens.†
p. 58.5omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- The boy, accustomed to recognizing omens, spoke to the merchant.†
p. 58.6
- Follow the omens.†
p. 64.1
- He had worked hard for a year, and the omens were that it was time to go.†
p. 64.2
- By coincidence—or maybe it was an omen, the boy thought—he came to the bar he had entered on his first day there.†
p. 66.5omen = sign of something about to happen
- He believed in omens.†
p. 68.2omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- "Maybe this is an omen," said the Englishman, half aloud.†
p. 72.7omen = sign of something about to happen
- Who told you about omens?†
p. 72.7omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- "Everything in life is an omen," said the Englishman, now closing the journal he was reading.†
p. 72.7omen = sign of something about to happen
- That's a good luck omen," the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had gone out.†
p. 73.0
- That's the magic of omens," said the boy.†
p. 82.3omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- Can't you just observe men and omens in order to understand the language?" the boy asked.†
p. 83.5
- The omens had told him so.†
p. 89.9
- If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.†
p. 92.4
- Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world.†
p. 92.5
- She smiled, and that was certainly an omen—the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.†
p. 96.1omen = sign of something about to happen
- She smiled, and that was certainly an omen—the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.†
p. 96.1
- The omen he had sought to find with his sheep and in his books, in the crystals and in the silence of the desert.†
p. 96.2
- And you've told me about omens.†
p. 100.7omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- So now, I fear nothing, because it was those omens that brought you to me.†
p. 100.7
- "Always heed the omens," the old king had said.†
p. 104.2
- There, I can read the past, discover what has already been forgotten, and understand the omens that are here in the present.†
p. 106.6
- Based on the omens of the present.†
p. 106.8
- They are men of the desert, and the men of the desert are used to dealing with omens.†
p. 107.5
- I've brought omens from the desert.†
p. 107.9
- "Who is this stranger who speaks of omens?" asked one of the chieftains, eyeing the boy.†
p. 109.1
- The boy became fearful; the omens told him that something was wrong.†
p. 110.1
- The omens had been true, after all.†
p. 114.3
- "Because of the omens," the alchemist answered.†
p. 118.3
- You found life in the desert, the omen that I needed.†
p. 122.2omen = sign of something about to happen
- And you'll get better and better at understanding omens, because the desert is the best teacher there is.†
p. 123.4omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- The omens will begin insistently to speak of it, and you'll try to ignore them.†
p. 123.5
Definition:
a sign of something about to happen