Chapter 8 of Flower o' the Heather is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Flower o' the Heather is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead! Tears blinded me. I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled. I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands. What though they burned me, I cared not.
Chapter 8 of Flower o' the Heather is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading “I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.”
deprived of sight
From this reading “Tears blinded me.”
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “What though they burned me, I cared not.”
with reverence; in a reverent manner
From this reading “I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.”
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
From this reading “I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.”
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading “I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading “I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
deprived of sight
From this reading Tears blinded me.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
held dear
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tears blinded me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
with reverence; in a reverent manner
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading I stooped and reverently separated the ashes with my hands.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Tears blinded me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary!--the heart of my heart, the light of my life, my loved one--Mary was dead!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What though they burned me, I cared not.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I tried to call her name--my voice was broken with sobbing: my whole body trembled.
Chapter 8 of Flower o' the Heather by Robert William MacKenna holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 8 holds 429 sentences of Flower o' the Heather, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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