Chapter 4 of A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn! Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring. All heaven is stirred! All earth is glad! For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
Chapter 4 of A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.”
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
From this reading “For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.”
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading “Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!”
plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.”
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading “Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “All heaven is stirred!”
a large gathering of people
From this reading “Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.”
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.
anew
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
(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 All heaven is stirred!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading All earth is glad!
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading All earth is glad!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading All heaven is stirred!
plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All heaven is stirred!
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
deliver by singing
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading All heaven is stirred!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
a large gathering of people
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
which person or people
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
but in spite of that
From this reading For down the shining way, The Lord who came to Bethlehem, Comes yet, on Christmas Day.
Chapter 4 of A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles by Charles [Contributor] Dickens holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 4 holds 407 sentences of A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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