Chapter 12 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TRAVEL LOG London! London! London! April tenth. _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
Chapter 12 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 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.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “April tenth.”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “_Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.”
dearly loved
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading “A TRAVEL LOG London!”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “A TRAVEL LOG London!”
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
From this reading “April tenth.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “A TRAVEL LOG London!”
the act of creating written works
From this reading “_Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.”
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.
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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 TRAVEL LOG London!
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading April tenth.
for the reason that
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
dearly loved
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading A TRAVEL LOG London!
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading A TRAVEL LOG London!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
From this reading April tenth.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A TRAVEL LOG London!
the act of creating written works
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Carin_, _my dear_: I haven’t been writing to you because I haven’t thought best.
Chapter 12 of Azalea's Silver Web by Elia Wilkinson Peattie holds 236 sentences, grouped into 48 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 12 holds 236 sentences of Azalea's Silver Web, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Azalea's Silver Web by Elia Wilkinson Peattie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 236 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
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