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Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale
Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 8 of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood holds 170 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

What does chapter 8 of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale contain?

Chapter 8 holds 170 sentences of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 170 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

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Vocabulary met early in Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale

Words and structures a reader meets early in Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Glenwood
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CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.
Be kind to the child!
Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.
There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!
Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.
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Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.
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Be kind to the child!
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Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.
Line 4
There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!
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Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.”

All words in this reading · 65

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

ages

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Be kind to the child!

become

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

Build

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

care

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

CHANGES

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From this reading CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.

child

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From this reading Be kind to the child!

chilling

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

COTTAGE

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From this reading CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.

doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

end

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

Even

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

existence

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

foundations

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

great

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

guiding

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

hand

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

HOME

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From this reading CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.

human

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.

individual

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

influences

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

kind

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From this reading Be kind to the child!

life

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

living

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

marred

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

misshapen

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

neglect

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

net-work

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

often

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

one's

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

palpable

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

reach

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

reared

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

remedy

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

self

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From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

skill

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From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

susceptible

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

tender

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From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading CHANGES IN THE COTTAGE HOME.

There

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Be kind to the child!

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

warped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Even so does the individual life often become marred beyond remedy when it is tender and susceptible to the guiding hand.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Build with great care and skill the foundations upon which is to be reared a life whose influences are to reach into the ages that have no end.

wrong

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There is no living by one's self, and the great net-work of human existence may be warped and misshapen by _one_ chilling neglect or a palpable wrong!