Chapter 7 of In Wild Rose Time is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of In Wild Rose Time is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The poor thing!” she sighed. “She is a little old woman already. She has never had leave to grow as children should. Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?” She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
Chapter 7 of In Wild Rose Time is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading ““She is a little old woman already.”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading “She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.”
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “She has never had leave to grow as children should.”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““The poor thing!” she sighed.”
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?””
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.”
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.
a woman who is old
In this reading ““She is a little old woman already.”
In this reading ““The poor thing!” she sighed.”
In this reading “Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?””
In this reading “Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?””
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 “She is a little old woman already.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “She is a little old woman already.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is a little old woman already.
go away from a place
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “She is a little old woman already.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
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 She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “She is a little old woman already.
on one occasion
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “The poor thing!” she sighed.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The poor thing!” she sighed.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “The poor thing!” she sighed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The poor thing!” she sighed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
a special situation
From this reading “The poor thing!” she sighed.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She has never had leave to grow as children should.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “She is a little old woman already.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Oh, why are they brought into the world to suffer?”
a late time of life
From this reading She had once thought herself full of trust and love to God, but so many questions had come to the surface with her years of hard experience.
Chapter 7 of In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 415 sentences of In Wild Rose Time, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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