Chapter 17 of King-Errant is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of King-Errant is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yes! Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair. _Nizami_. The Judas trees were in full blossom. But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
Chapter 17 of King-Errant is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “appearance” — outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading “But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.”
produce or yield flowers
From this reading “The Judas trees were in full blossom.”
carry on a conversation
From this reading “Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.”
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading “Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.”
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
From this reading “The Judas trees were in full blossom.”
marked by complexity and richness of detail
From this reading “Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.”
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading “Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.”
marked by wrinkles
From this reading “But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.”
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In this reading “But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.”
In this reading “But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.”
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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 But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
(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 Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
plural of “appearance” — outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
produce or yield flowers
From this reading The Judas trees were in full blossom.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
carry on a conversation
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The Judas trees were in full blossom.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
From this reading The Judas trees were in full blossom.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
marked by complexity and richness of detail
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Nizami_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
go across or through
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The Judas trees were in full blossom.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Judas trees were in full blossom.
marked by wrinkles
From this reading But a day or two before they had been dry branches, brown, wrinkled, to all appearances dead.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes!
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Love triumphant came, engrossing all The fond luxuriant thoughts of youth and mind; Then in soft converse did they pass the hours, Their passion like the season fresh and fair.
Chapter 17 of King-Errant by Flora Annie Webster Steel holds 285 sentences, grouped into 57 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 17 holds 285 sentences of King-Errant, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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