Chapter 9 of From Veldt Camp Fires is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of From Veldt Camp Fires is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn. Katrina married again a few years later. Dutch women seldom remain widows very long. But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time. She still lives at Water Kloof.
Chapter 9 of From Veldt Camp Fires is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading “Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.”
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading “But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.”
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading “"That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.”
almost; nearly
From this reading “"That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.”
not often
From this reading “Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.”
plural of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “"That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.”
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 “Katrina married again a few years later.”
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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 Katrina married again a few years later.
later than; following
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
anew
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She still lives at Water Kloof.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She still lives at Water Kloof.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She still lives at Water Kloof.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
almost; nearly
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
not often
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
not in physical motion
From this reading She still lives at Water Kloof.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
precisely as stated
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading She still lives at Water Kloof.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
plural of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading But she was never quite the same woman again, after that terrible Easter time.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Dutch women seldom remain widows very long.
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading "That's practically the whole of the melancholy yarn.
a late time of life
From this reading Katrina married again a few years later.
Chapter 9 of From Veldt Camp Fires by H. A. (Henry Anderson) Bryden holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 9 holds 419 sentences of From Veldt Camp Fires, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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