Chapter 11 of Home Again is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Home Again is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SONG. AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses. It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was. Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air! My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
Chapter 11 of Home Again is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!”
become covered with mist
From this reading “Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.”
cover as if with a shroud
From this reading “My heart was wrapt in a shroud.”
a short musical composition with words
From this reading “THE SONG.”
a request to be present
From this reading “AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.”
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
From this reading “Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!”
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading “AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
become covered with mist
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
cover as if with a shroud
From this reading My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading THE SONG.
a request to be present
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SONG.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
From this reading Mist and vapor and cloud Filled the earth and the air!
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading AT length came the summons from Lady Lufa to hear her music to his verses.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not much of a song, neither did he think it was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My heart was wrapt in a shroud.
Chapter 11 of Home Again by George MacDonald holds 59 sentences, grouped into 12 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 11 holds 59 sentences of Home Again, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Home Again by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 59 sentences, grouped into 12 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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