Chapter 5 of Anderby Wold is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Anderby Wold is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter. All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees. Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain. Mary hated it all. She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
Chapter 5 of Anderby Wold is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading “THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.”
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading “Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.”
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading “She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.”
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading “She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.”
being or made softer or less loud or clear
From this reading “She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.”
an area where a number of shrubs are planted
From this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
From this reading “Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.”
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 “THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.”
In this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
In this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
In this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
In this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
(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 day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
let fall to the ground
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Mary hated it all.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
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 She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
being or made softer or less loud or clear
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
an area where a number of shrubs are planted
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
Chapter 5 of Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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 5 holds 327 sentences of Anderby Wold, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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