Chapter 31 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!" PRAYED DAISY LYNN. Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
Chapter 31 of Kathleen's Diamonds is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “PRAYED DAISY LYNN.”
housing that someone is living in
From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading “"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"”
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “PRAYED DAISY LYNN.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
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 “Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .”
In this reading “"OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"”
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 Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.
housing that someone is living in
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.
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 Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading PRAYED DAISY LYNN.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
term of address for a man
From this reading "OH, SIR, HAVE PITY ON ME!"
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
a late time of life
From this reading Misery! we have known each other Like a sister and a brother, Dwelling in the same lone home Many years .
Chapter 31 of Kathleen's Diamonds by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 31 holds 109 sentences of Kathleen's Diamonds, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 31 of Kathleen's Diamonds by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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