Chapter 31 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow. The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping. It had been such an exciting day. So many changes had taken place. Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
Chapter 31 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “cora” — (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading “The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.”
weak from exhaustion
From this reading “The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.”
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading “It had been such an exciting day.”
people who are wounded
From this reading “The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.”
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading “The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.”
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.”
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 “The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.”
In this reading “So many changes had taken place.”
In this reading “Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.”
rest on for support
In this reading “The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.”
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 Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It had been such an exciting day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading So many changes had taken place.
possessive form of “cora” — (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It had been such an exciting day.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
weak from exhaustion
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading It had been such an exciting day.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been such an exciting day.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
immediately past
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
people who are wounded
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading So many changes had taken place.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading So many changes had taken place.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So many changes had taken place.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It had been such an exciting day.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading So many changes had taken place.
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
precisely as stated
From this reading Cora’s heart had been stirred to its very depths and it was a relief to be at last alone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The brown curly head was resting on the snowy pillow.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The maimed arm had been tenderly cared for, and already the tired eyes were drooping.
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