Chapter 10 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st. _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother. She has gone. She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve. We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
Chapter 10 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading “We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.”
dearly loved
From this reading “We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “_My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.”
feel grief
From this reading “She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading ““THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.”
the work of a sailor
From this reading “We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.”
hard to endure
From this reading “She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.”
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading ““THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.”
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 “We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.”
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From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
dearly loved
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
destroyed or killed
From this reading She has gone.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
feel grief
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has gone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
for more time
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
not any; not one
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
the work of a sailor
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She has gone.
a male human offspring
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
hard to endure
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
in or at the place that
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
Chapter 10 of Azalea's Silver Web by Elia Wilkinson Peattie holds 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 10 holds 241 sentences of Azalea's Silver Web, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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