Chapter 8 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Marsh nodded his head. "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said. "After all, real work is done here, isn't it? And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it? Absolutely unproductive!
Chapter 8 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Absolutely unproductive!”
capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
From this reading “"We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.”
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
From this reading “"We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “"We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.”
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading “And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?”
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “Marsh nodded his head.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Marsh nodded his head.”
not producing or capable of producing
From this reading “Absolutely unproductive!”
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In this reading “"We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Absolutely unproductive!
later than; following
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
a person who is in charge
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Marsh nodded his head.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Marsh nodded his head.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading Marsh nodded his head.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Marsh nodded his head.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
on the contrary
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
not producing or capable of producing
From this reading Absolutely unproductive!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're rather foolish about Belfast in Dublin," he said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And the chief industry of Dublin ... what is it?
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "After all, real work is done here, isn't it?
Chapter 8 of Changing Winds: A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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