Chapter 8 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais! Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers. But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead. _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives! O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
Chapter 8 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.”
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “_Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.”
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
From this reading “But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.”
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading “_Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais!”
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 “O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais!
in the past
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
From this reading _Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais!
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
an old form of “does”
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
the force of workers available
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Ade._ My heart cries that he lives!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
move upward
From this reading _Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais!
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading _Cant._ Rise, royal Adelais!
a male human offspring
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Believe that we Have hearts of men, and know the love of mothers.
belonging to which person
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
a late time of life
From this reading O, he was here Five years ago--five little years.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But to give back your son belongs to Him Whose voice doth open graves and call the dead.
Chapter 8 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 405 sentences of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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