Chapter X of Love's labor won, “The Orphan Bride,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter X of Love's labor won, “The Orphan Bride,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.” “Oh, I cannot! Oh, I cannot! Not yet! Not so soon!”
Chapter X of Love's labor won, “The Orphan Bride,” is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a gradual manner
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
death of a person
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
a child who has lost both parents
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
hard to endure
From this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
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.
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return home
In this reading ““Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, I cannot!
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
death of a person
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I cannot!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not yet!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I cannot!
a child who has lost both parents
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so soon!”
in the near future
From this reading Not so soon!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
hard to endure
From this reading “Come, Margaret, come, my child, it is time to go home,” said Mrs. Houston, gently trying to raise the orphan from her kneeling posture by the grave--“come, dear Margaret.”
but in spite of that
From this reading Not yet!
Chapter 10 of Love's labor won by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 349 sentences, grouped into 70 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.
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