Chapter 8 of Imaginations and Reveries is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Imaginations and Reveries is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came! BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return! FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy. ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account. When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
Chapter 8 of Imaginations and Reveries is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading “DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!”
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading “When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.”
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
From this reading “DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!”
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.”
horse of a dull brownish grey color
From this reading “BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!”
excessively quick
From this reading “FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.”
a sign of something about to happen
From this reading “ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.”
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a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
(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 DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
a youthful male person
From this reading FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
deem to be
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
horse of a dull brownish grey color
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
excessively quick
From this reading FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
a sign of something about to happen
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
not in physical motion
From this reading FERGUS--Be still, hasty boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
a message informing of danger
From this reading ILANN--The lady Deirdre has received some omen or warning on our account.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
accept gladly
From this reading BUINNE--If we are not welcome in this dun let us return!
at the time that
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DEIRDRE--The Birds of Angus showed all fiery and crimson as you came!
Chapter 8 of Imaginations and Reveries by George William Russell holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 8 holds 395 sentences of Imaginations and Reveries, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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