Chapter 18 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!" John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan. The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John. Stuyvesant Twombly had just left. He had uttered some scathing truths.
Chapter 18 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
From this reading “FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"”
compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
From this reading “FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"”
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading “FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"”
sit or recline comfortably
From this reading “John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.”
marked by harshly abusive criticism
From this reading “He had uttered some scathing truths.”
the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
From this reading “Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.”
plural of “truth” — a fact that has been verified
From this reading “He had uttered some scathing truths.”
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading “John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.”
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 “The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
in a cheerful manner
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
properly deserved
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
and nothing more
From this reading Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.
a room where books are kept
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
sit or recline comfortably
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
marked by harshly abusive criticism
From this reading He had uttered some scathing truths.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He had uttered some scathing truths.
the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
From this reading Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The library fire burned cheerfully, and the portrait of an Irish mother smiled down on Cecilia and John.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
plural of “truth” — a fact that has been verified
From this reading He had uttered some scathing truths.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stuyvesant Twombly had just left.
communicated in words
From this reading He had uttered some scathing truths.
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading John was lying on a lounge, covered and looking wan.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FORGIVENESS "Celie," said John, "honestly he was devilish to me, and I deserved it!"
Chapter 18 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses by Katharine Haviland-Taylor holds 40 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 18 holds 40 sentences of Cecilia of the Pink Roses, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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