Chapter 4 of In the Roar of the Sea is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of In the Roar of the Sea is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BUTTONS. It was as Judith surmised. Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory. She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests. She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
Chapter 4 of In the Roar of the Sea is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “THE BUTTONS.”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “It was as Judith surmised.”
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading “Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.”
past form of “surmise” — infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading “It was as Judith surmised.”
lacking protection or defense
From this reading “She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.”
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 She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
(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 She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as Judith surmised.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading THE BUTTONS.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
recognizable; marked
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
plural of “interest” — a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as Judith surmised.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading It was as Judith surmised.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
a son of your brother or sister
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
past form of “surmise” — infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading It was as Judith surmised.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BUTTONS.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Dionysia Trevisa had come to remove her nephew and niece from the rectory.
lacking protection or defense
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as Judith surmised.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had made up her mind that the children could not be left unprotected in the parsonage, and she could not be with them.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She was a woman decided in character, especially in all that concerned her interests.
Chapter 4 of In the Roar of the Sea by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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