Chapter 26 of Laicus is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Laicus is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Our Temperance Prayer-Meeting. IT is late in the fall. The summer birds have fled southward. The summer residents have fled to their city homes. The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
Chapter 26 of Laicus is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
From this reading “The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.”
past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading “The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.”
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading “The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.”
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading “The summer residents have fled to their city homes.”
plural of “resident” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading “The summer residents have fled to their city homes.”
toward the south
From this reading “The summer birds have fled southward.”
the trait of avoiding excesses
From this reading “Our Temperance Prayer-Meeting.”
lasting a very short time
From this reading “The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.”
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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 The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
completely unclothed
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The summer birds have fled southward.
past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The summer residents have fled to their city homes.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading The summer birds have fled southward.
a state of high honor
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The summer birds have fled southward.
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading The summer residents have fled to their city homes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our Temperance Prayer-Meeting.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our Temperance Prayer-Meeting.
plural of “resident” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading The summer residents have fled to their city homes.
toward the south
From this reading The summer birds have fled southward.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The summer birds have fled southward.
the trait of avoiding excesses
From this reading Our Temperance Prayer-Meeting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IT is late in the fall.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The summer residents have fled to their city homes.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The summer residents have fled to their city homes.
lasting a very short time
From this reading The mountains have blossomed out in all the brilliance of their autumnal colors; but the transitory glory has gone and they are brown and bare.
Chapter 26 of Laicus by Lyman Abbott holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 26 holds 88 sentences of Laicus, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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