Chapter 23 of Judith of the Cumberlands is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of Judith of the Cumberlands is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand. She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place. Huldah was gone. Wade was gone. She could get no news of Creed.
Chapter 23 of Judith of the Cumberlands is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading “She could get no news of Creed.”
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.”
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.”
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
From this reading “She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.”
to a great degree
From this reading “She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.”
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading “Wade was gone.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
later than; following
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Huldah was gone.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huldah was gone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
information about recent and important events
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
not any; not one
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She could get no news of Creed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
participate in games or sport
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
to a great degree
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She missed sorely the children's demands upon her, their play and prattle and movement about the place.
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading Wade was gone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Huldah was gone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ebb-Tide Life closed in on Judith after that with an iron hand.
Chapter 23 of Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 23 holds 104 sentences of Judith of the Cumberlands, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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