Ann and Her Mother

Chapter XII

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When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

It was a great uprooting.

You don't live thirteen years in a place in close touch with the people without becoming deeply attached both to the place and people--and in the last year of our stay at Kirkcaple we had a wonderful experience.

There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

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Chapter XII Reading 1/29

Ann and Her Mother

Chapter XII

Chapter 12 of Ann and Her Mother is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

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It was a great uprooting.

/ɪt wɑːz ə ɡreɪt əˈpruːtɪŋ/

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There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

Learner Dictionary

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attached adjective US /əˈtætʃt/

being joined in close association

From this reading “You don't live thirteen years in a place in close touch with the people without becoming deeply attached both to the place and people--and in the last year of our stay at Kirkcaple we had a wonderful experience.”

awakening noun US /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/

the act of waking

From this reading “There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."”

becoming adjective US /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/

according with custom or propriety

deeply adverb US /ˈdiːpli/

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

revival noun US /rɪˈvaɪvəl/

bringing again into activity and prominence

From this reading “There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."”

spiritual adjective US /ˈspɪrɪtʃuːəl/

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading “There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."”

thirteen noun US /ˈθɜːrˈtiːn/

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

uprooting verb US /əˈpruːtɪŋ/

-ing form of “uproot” — move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

From this reading “It was a great uprooting.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

six months noun + noun counted as “six month”

In this reading “When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.”

thirteen years noun + noun

In this reading “You don't live thirteen years in a place in close touch with the people without becoming deeply attached both to the place and people--and in the last year of our stay at Kirkcaple we had a wonderful experience.”

deeply attached adverb + adjective

last year adjective + noun

enter into verb + particle

In this reading “There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."”

stay at verb + particle

reside temporarily

touch with verb + particle

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was a great uprooting.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading You don't live thirteen years in a place in close touch with the people without becoming deeply attached both to the place and people--and in the last year of our stay at Kirkcaple we had a wonderful experience.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

attachedadjectiveUS /əˈtætʃt/

being joined in close association

awakeningnounUS /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/

the act of waking

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

becomingadjectiveUS /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/

according with custom or propriety

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

closeadjectiveUS /kloʊs/

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

deeplyadverbUS /ˈdiːpli/

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

don't

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enterverbUS /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

experienceverbUS /ɪkˈspɪriəns/

undergo or live through a difficult experience

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading It was a great uprooting.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

interestnounUS /ˈɪntrəst/

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a great uprooting.

Kirkcaple

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From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

lastadjectiveUS /læst/

immediately past

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

liveverbUS /laɪv/

be an inhabitant of or reside in

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

peoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

placenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

revivalnounUS /rɪˈvaɪvəl/

bringing again into activity and prominence

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

Rosamund

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From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

sixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

spiritualadjectiveUS /ˈspɪrɪtʃuːəl/

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

stayverbUS /steɪ/

stay the same; remain in a certain state

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading There was a great awakening of interest in spiritual things--a revival--and we saw many enter into life...."

thirteennounUS /ˈθɜːrˈtiːn/

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

touchverbUS /tʌtʃ/

make physical contact with, come in contact with

uprootingverbUS /əˈpruːtɪŋ/

-ing form of “uproot” — move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

From this reading It was a great uprooting.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When Rosamund was six months old we left Kirkcaple.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

wonderfuladjectiveUS /ˈwʌndərfəl/

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

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