Chapter 9 of In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me. It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard. "Sister Annora, you must be a baby! You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!" "I cry you mercy, Mother.
Chapter 9 of In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “"Sister Annora, you must be a baby!”
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading “You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"”
superlative of “dry” — free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading “It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.”
made afraid
From this reading “Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.”
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.”
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading “"I cry you mercy, Mother.”
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
From this reading “It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.”
extremely
From this reading “Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.”
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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 "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "I cry you mercy, Mother.
superlative of “dry” — free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
at any time
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
made afraid
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading "I cry you mercy, Mother.
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
used to form the superlative
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
extremely
From this reading Mother Gaillarde's laugh positively frightened me.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the hardest, driest, most metallic sound I ever heard.
a late time of life
From this reading You have lived in a convent nearly fifty years, and you ask if it be a little heaven!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sister Annora, you must be a baby!
Chapter 9 of In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Emily Sarah Holt holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 410 sentences of In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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