Chapter 23 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFLICT. "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?" MRS. BROWNING. There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
Chapter 23 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 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.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “"O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"”
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “BROWNING.”
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
From this reading “CONFLICT.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.”
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading “There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “"O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading BROWNING.
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
From this reading CONFLICT.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
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 Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "O Life, O Beyond, _Art_ thou fair!--_art_ thou sweet?"
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading There followed days that almost won Faith back into her outward life of pleasantness.
Chapter 23 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney holds 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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 23 holds 142 sentences of Faith Gartney's Girlhood, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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