Chapter 3 of Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SEPARATION. Thanksgiving is over! Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past! It is Sabbath evening. A sadness seems to hang about the party.
Chapter 3 of Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 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.
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
From this reading “Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “A sadness seems to hang about the party.”
great merriment
From this reading “Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “A sadness seems to hang about the party.”
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 is Sabbath evening.”
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading “A sadness seems to hang about the party.”
the state of lacking unity
From this reading “THE SEPARATION.”
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading “Thanksgiving is over!”
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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 sadness seems to hang about the party.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
(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 Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It is Sabbath evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
be suspended or hanging
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thanksgiving is over!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is Sabbath evening.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
great merriment
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
above and across; more than
From this reading Thanksgiving is over!
an organization to gain political power
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Its dinner, its frolics, its boisterous mirth, are all in the past!
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 is Sabbath evening.
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
the state of lacking unity
From this reading THE SEPARATION.
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading Thanksgiving is over!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEPARATION.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A sadness seems to hang about the party.
Chapter 3 of Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog by Anonymous holds 36 sentences, grouped into 8 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 3 holds 36 sentences of Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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