Chapter 13 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15. _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again. Back from England, back from Italy. The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul. Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
Chapter 13 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading “CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “Back from England, back from Italy.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.”
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
From this reading “Back from England, back from Italy.”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.”
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.
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From this reading CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.
anew
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Back from England, back from Italy.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Back from England, back from Italy.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Carin_, _always best and dearest_: Here I am, back again.
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
From this reading Back from England, back from Italy.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading CROSSROADS Mallowbanks, November 15.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Always, as long as I live, I shall dream of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first seemed to me like the great Mother of my Mind; the second like the eternal Mother of my Soul.
Chapter 13 of Azalea's Silver Web by Elia Wilkinson Peattie holds 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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 13 holds 287 sentences of Azalea's Silver Web, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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