Chapter 5 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VISITORS ARRIVE. O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem! How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year! J. B. KERRIDGE. Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
Chapter 5 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “VISITORS ARRIVE.”
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.”
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading “How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!”
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading “How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!”
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading “Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.”
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading “Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.”
lack of agreement or harmony
From this reading “O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “VISITORS ARRIVE.”
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.
In this reading “O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
In this reading “Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.”
In this reading “O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading VISITORS ARRIVE.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading J. B. KERRIDGE.
give encouragement to
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
characteristic of humanity
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading J. B. KERRIDGE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading J. B. KERRIDGE.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
not any; not one
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
above and across; more than
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!
lack of agreement or harmony
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading VISITORS ARRIVE.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Autumn passed away, and winter spread its icy mantle over the earth.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading O! if in this great world of strife, This mighty round of human life, We had no friends to cheer, O! then how cold the world would seem!
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading How desolate the ebbing stream Of life from year to year!
Chapter 5 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 5 holds 124 sentences of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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