Chapter 5 of Deborah is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Deborah is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he turned to the people. All fury suddenly died from his features. Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude. It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm. "To your homes, friends!
Chapter 5 of Deborah is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a light shade of blue
From this reading “It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.”
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
From this reading “Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “All fury suddenly died from his features.”
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading “All fury suddenly died from his features.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “All fury suddenly died from his features.”
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading “"To your homes, friends!”
a feeling of excessive concern
From this reading “Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.”
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.
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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 Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
(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 All fury suddenly died from his features.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
a light shade of blue
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
rid of obstructions
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "To your homes, friends!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading "To your homes, friends!
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
a feeling of excessive concern
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading All fury suddenly died from his features.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then he turned to the people.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as the clear azure following the thunder-storm.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Instead there came a look of wonderful compassion and solicitude.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "To your homes, friends!
Chapter 5 of Deborah by James M. (James Meeker) Ludlow holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 417 sentences of Deborah, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Deborah by James M. (James Meeker) Ludlow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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