Chapter 1 of For the Love of Lady Margaret is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of For the Love of Lady Margaret is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J. And so this was the end? Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part. The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
Chapter 1 of For the Love of Lady Margaret is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.”
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.”
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.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so this was the end?
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading And so this was the end?
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
not any; not one
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so this was the end?
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading The bell had tapped; the curtain had fallen; and so the scene must end.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ _A Romance of the Lost Colony_ THE QUINN & BODEN CO.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And so this was the end?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And so this was the end?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, no matter--I had lived my little day--had played my part.
Chapter 1 of For the Love of Lady Margaret by William Thomas Wilson holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 1 holds 131 sentences of For the Love of Lady Margaret, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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