Chapter 17 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes. Her father named her Ianthe. Her mother added Elizabeth. Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle. Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
Chapter 17 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading “Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.”
plural of “comparison” — the act of examining resemblances
From this reading “COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.”
a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading “Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “Her mother added Elizabeth.”
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading “Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Her father named her Ianthe.”
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading “Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.”
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.”
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 “Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.”
In this reading “COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.”
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 COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Her mother added Elizabeth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
a young person of either sex
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
plural of “comparison” — the act of examining resemblances
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading Her mother added Elizabeth.
opinion or judgment
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Her father named her Ianthe.
a young female
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her father named her Ianthe.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her father named her Ianthe.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Her mother added Elizabeth.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Her father named her Ianthe.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
above and across; more than
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Shelley walked about with the baby in his arms singing to it a monotonous tune of his own making.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thus Ovid and Miss Westbrook clasped hands over the cradle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading COMPARISONS The child was a girl, fair, with blue eyes.
Chapter 17 of Ariel: A Shelley Romance by André Maurois holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
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