Chapter 20 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY. They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say. You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may. _Song_. "You startle me!
Chapter 20 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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relating to or characteristic of alps
From this reading “ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.”
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading “ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.”
a small hard fruit
From this reading “ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.”
a short musical composition with words
plural of “sow” — an adult female hog
From this reading “ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.”
to stimulate to action
From this reading “"You startle me!”
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 “ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.”
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(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 They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
relating to or characteristic of alps
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You startle me!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading You are false, but I'll forgive you; But forget I never may.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
express in words
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
a small hard fruit
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading _Song_.
plural of “sow” — an adult female hog
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
to stimulate to action
From this reading "You startle me!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALPINE SOWS THE SEED OF JEALOUSY.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They have told you some false story; You believe them--all they say.
Chapter 20 of Kathleen's Diamonds by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 66 sentences, grouped into 14 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 20 holds 66 sentences of Kathleen's Diamonds, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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