Chapter 15 of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun? Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk? At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse? Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust? And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
Chapter 15 of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading “And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
in a noble manner
From this reading “And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?”
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading “At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?”
past form of “refrain” — resist doing something
From this reading “And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?”
pay back
From this reading “And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?”
walk stiffly
From this reading “Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?”
(used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
From this reading “Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?”
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In this reading “At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?”
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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 _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
held dear
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
a female domestic
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
a public toilet for men
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
a privileged class holding hereditary titles
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
in a noble manner
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
past form of “refrain” — resist doing something
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
pay back
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
possessing material wealth
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
walk stiffly
From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
(used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
(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 And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more nobly to repay?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _Forbearance_ Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
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From this reading Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk?
Chapter 15 of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth by Kate Douglas Smith [Compiler] Wiggin holds 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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 15 holds 283 sentences of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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