Chapter 11 of Donal Grant is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Donal Grant is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS. But again he was the first. They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house. “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said. “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
Chapter 11 of Donal Grant is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.”
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading ““This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading ““There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.”
in the direction of
From this reading “They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.”
having passed out of existence
From this reading ““There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading ““There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.”
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 A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.
anew
From this reading But again he was the first.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But again he was the first.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But again he was the first.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But again he was the first.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But again he was the first.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This place makes me feel as I never felt before,” he said.
in the direction of
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
having passed out of existence
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But again he was the first.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They had turned and gone a good way down the long garden, and had again turned towards the house.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “There is such a wonderful sense of vanished life about it.
Chapter 11 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 218 sentences of Donal Grant, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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