Chapter 15 of John Brown: Confessions of a New Army Cadet is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of John Brown: Confessions of a New Army Cadet is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL. You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is. How tender her love! How trusting in all things! To an artist she is a dream–picture.
Chapter 15 of John Brown: Confessions of a New Army Cadet is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading “To an artist she is a dream–picture.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “To an artist she is a dream–picture.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.”
an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
From this reading “You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.”
being perceived or observed
From this reading “You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “To an artist she is a dream–picture.”
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “How tender her love!”
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
From this reading “How trusting in all things!”
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 “How trusting in all things!”
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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 You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
(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 How trusting in all things!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To an artist she is a dream–picture.
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading To an artist she is a dream–picture.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL.
dearly loved
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading To an artist she is a dream–picture.
an old word for “before”
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading How tender her love!
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From this reading How tender her love!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How trusting in all things!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading How tender her love!
an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
being perceived or observed
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading To an artist she is a dream–picture.
an educational institution
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To an artist she is a dream–picture.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading How tender her love!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading How trusting in all things!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL.
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
From this reading How trusting in all things!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will have noticed ere this what a dear old soul my mater is.
Chapter 15 of John Brown: Confessions of a New Army Cadet by R. W. Campbell holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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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