Chapter 11 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MOTHER'S LETTER. What though her gentle heart is breaking! What though her form grows pale and thin! His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him. It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
Chapter 11 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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extreme mental distress
From this reading “His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.”
the act of breaking something
From this reading “What though her gentle heart is breaking!”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “What though her form grows pale and thin!”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “THE MOTHER'S LETTER.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “It was two nights after Thanksgiving.”
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading “It was two nights after Thanksgiving.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “What though her form grows pale and thin!”
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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In this reading “What though her form grows pale and thin!”
In this reading “It was two nights after Thanksgiving.”
In this reading “What though her gentle heart is breaking!”
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later than; following
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What though her form grows pale and thin!
extreme mental distress
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
the act of breaking something
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading What though her form grows pale and thin!
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading What though her form grows pale and thin!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading THE MOTHER'S LETTER.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE MOTHER'S LETTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
not any; not one
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading What though her form grows pale and thin!
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading His iron heart knows no awaking, Nor tears nor anguish moveth him.
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MOTHER'S LETTER.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading What though her form grows pale and thin!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was two nights after Thanksgiving.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What though her gentle heart is breaking!
Chapter 11 of Fashion and Famine by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 11 holds 114 sentences of Fashion and Famine, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Fashion and Famine by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
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