Chapter 21 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“_O Grave where is thy sting? O death where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that. It sounded like nonsense. One just missed the implications.
Chapter 21 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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death of a person
From this reading ““_O Grave where is thy sting?”
plural of “implication” — something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
From this reading “One just missed the implications.”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “One just missed the implications.”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “It sounded like nonsense.”
estrangement from god
From this reading “The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “It sounded like nonsense.”
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
From this reading ““_O Grave where is thy sting?”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “O death where is thy victory?”
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 “One just missed the implications.”
In this reading “The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading O death where is thy victory?
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
death of a person
From this reading “_O Grave where is thy sting?
plural of “implication” — something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
From this reading One just missed the implications.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “_O Grave where is thy sting?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It sounded like nonsense.
and nothing more
From this reading One just missed the implications.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It sounded like nonsense.
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading One just missed the implications.
not any; not one
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading It sounded like nonsense.
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 “_O Grave where is thy sting?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One just missed the implications.
estrangement from god
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading It sounded like nonsense.
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
From this reading “_O Grave where is thy sting?
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “_O Grave where is thy sting?
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading O death where is thy victory?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is in the law._” No. There was no following that.
in or at the place that
From this reading “_O Grave where is thy sting?
Chapter 21 of Christina Alberta's father by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 21 holds 421 sentences of Christina Alberta's father, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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