Chapter 22 of A Fool in Spots is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of A Fool in Spots is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HOME IN THE SOUTH. They had gone to the country--to Kentucky. The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world. With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning. How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
Chapter 22 of A Fool in Spots is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
exhale hard
From this reading “The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading “How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.”
the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored
From this reading “The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.”
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading “With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.”
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading “The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.”
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading “They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.”
held up in the air
From this reading “With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.”
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading “How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.”
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
In this reading “The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.”
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.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
(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 The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
exhale hard
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
a young person of either sex
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading THE HOME IN THE SOUTH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOME IN THE SOUTH.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
held up in the air
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading THE HOME IN THE SOUTH.
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOME IN THE SOUTH.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had gone to the country--to Kentucky.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How gentle to the wind-flower--its own spoiled child.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With what light touch it lifted the hazel, bent to earth at morning.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The wind seemed to blow out of all the heavens across the greening world.
Chapter 22 of A Fool in Spots by Hallie Erminie Rives holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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 22 holds 127 sentences of A Fool in Spots, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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