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Chapter 1 of Cape Cod Folks is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY DEWOLFE, FISKE & Co. TO W.N.G. "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!" Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor. Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
Chapter 1 of Cape Cod Folks is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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open to or abounding in fresh air
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.”
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.”
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.”
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.”
plural of “realm” — a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.”
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.”
sweep across or over
From this reading “Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.”
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “"Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"”
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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 "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
open to or abounding in fresh air
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY DEWOLFE, FISKE & Co.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading BY DEWOLFE, FISKE & Co.
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
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From this reading BY DEWOLFE, FISKE & Co.
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
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From this reading BY DEWOLFE, FISKE & Co.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading TO W.N.G.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
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From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading TO W.N.G.
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From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
plural of “realm” — a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
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From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
sweep across or over
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO W.N.G.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading "Lo, on a narrer neck o' land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand!"
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading TO W.N.G.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aunt Sibylla was not sporting, now, in the airy realms of metaphor.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Aunt Sibylla stood upon Cape Cod, and her voice rang out with that peculiar sweep and power which the presence of a dread reality alone can give.
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