Chapter 16 of David Lockwin—The People's Idol is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of David Lockwin—The People's Idol is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy. She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol. She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
Chapter 16 of David Lockwin—The People's Idol is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “EXTRA!”
in the manner of someone who is very hungry
From this reading “Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.”
a material effigy that is worshipped
From this reading “She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.”
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.”
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading “She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.”
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 Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading EXTRA!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
in the manner of someone who is very hungry
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
a material effigy that is worshipped
From this reading She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Esther Lockwin, the bride of a few months, has been hungrily happy.
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She has passed out of a single state which had become wearisome.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading She has been the wife of David Lockwin, the people's idol.
Chapter 16 of David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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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