Chapter 9 of Fair play is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Fair play is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ROCKS. All things have an end. That awful night passed at last. Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above. So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
Chapter 9 of Fair play is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without light
From this reading “So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.”
the first light of day
From this reading “So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.”
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading “Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.”
weakening in force or intensity
From this reading “So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.”
with gloom
From this reading “So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.”
past form of “heap” — bestow in large quantities
From this reading “Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.”
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading “Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.”
a high place
From this reading “Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.”
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In this reading “So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.”
In this reading “All things have an end.”
In this reading “That awful night passed at last.”
In this reading “Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
(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 things have an end.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All things have an end.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
without light
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
the first light of day
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading All things have an end.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
weakening in force or intensity
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
with gloom
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All things have an end.
past form of “heap” — bestow in large quantities
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
a high place
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
immediately past
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading THE ROCKS.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So darkly and gloomily came the morning, that it seemed not so much the dawning of the day as the fading of the black darkness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That awful night passed at last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ROCKS.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading All things have an end.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
not known
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Daylight came, slowly enough, through the heaped black clouds that rolled upon the heaving waves below and reached unknown heights in the sky above.
Chapter 9 of Fair play by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 9 holds 227 sentences of Fair play, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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