Chapter 15 of Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Weed! Mother, you mistake. That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's. Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye. An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
Chapter 15 of Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.”
give a description of
From this reading “Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.”
possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.”
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
From this reading “That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.”
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
From this reading “Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.”
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading “An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.”
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
From this reading “"Weed!”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
anew
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
(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 An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
give a description of
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
death of a person
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Mother, you mistake.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother, you mistake.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
a lightweight cord
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading An' now to find it tore up brings the bitter all back again.
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
From this reading "Weed!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading That weed, as ye call it, wor like a silken string, bindin' my heart to Mary's.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mother, you mistake.
Chapter 15 of Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid 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.
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