Chapter 29 of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SERMON TO MYSELF. It was the Sabbath morn. But such a Sabbath! The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care. The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
Chapter 29 of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having gaps or spaces
From this reading “The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “It was the Sabbath morn.”
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
From this reading “It was the Sabbath morn.”
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading “A SERMON TO MYSELF.”
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
From this reading “The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.”
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading “The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.”
showing sorrow
From this reading “The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SERMON TO MYSELF.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
(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 day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But such a Sabbath!
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
having gaps or spaces
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the Sabbath morn.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was the Sabbath morn.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading A SERMON TO MYSELF.
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
From this reading It was the Sabbath morn.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading A SERMON TO MYSELF.
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But such a Sabbath!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the Sabbath morn.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SERMON TO MYSELF.
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the Sabbath morn.
showing sorrow
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind dashed itself against the casement, laden with soft heavy sleet.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day seemed all wan with weeping, and gray with care.
Chapter 29 of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by George MacDonald holds 281 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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