Chapter 37 of Far to seek is here in full — 555 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of Far to seek is here in full — 555 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was." --W.H. DAVIES. At last, Roy was actually coming. The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him. Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
Chapter 37 of Far to seek is here in full — 555 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in actual fact
From this reading “At last, Roy was actually coming.”
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.”
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading “The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.”
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
From this reading “The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “"She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."”
plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “--W.H. DAVIES.”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “"She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."”
not necessarily inaudible but not heard
From this reading “"She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."”
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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 "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
in actual fact
From this reading At last, Roy was actually coming.
Having no one else present.
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
in addition
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, Roy was actually coming.
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading At last, Roy was actually coming.
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading --W.H. DAVIES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading --W.H. DAVIES.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
immediately past
From this reading At last, Roy was actually coming.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
a particular point in time
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last, Roy was actually coming.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her mother was out; had arranged to be out for the evening also.
not necessarily inaudible but not heard
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The critical moment was upon them; and Rose sat alone in the drawing-room awaiting him.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading --W.H. DAVIES.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
but in spite of that
From this reading "She had a step that walked unheard, It made the stones like grass; Yet that light step had crushed a heart As light as that step was."
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