Chapter 4 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The autumn splendors passed you by? What a pity. I wish you had been here. It was beyond words! It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
Chapter 4 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the first light of day
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “The autumn splendors passed you by?”
emanating from God
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
joined together into a whole
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
compatibility in opinion and action
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
plural of “rainbow” — an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading “It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.”
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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 What a pity.
(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 It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
the first light of day
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I wish you had been here.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading It was beyond words!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
emanating from God
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
joined together into a whole
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish you had been here.
compatibility in opinion and action
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I wish you had been here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish you had been here.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was beyond words!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading What a pity.
plural of “rainbow” — an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading It was heaven and hell and sunset and rainbows and the aurora all fused into one divine harmony, and you couldn't look at it and keep the tears back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was beyond words!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a pity.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish you had been here.
the words that are spoken
From this reading It was beyond words!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The autumn splendors passed you by?
Chapter 4 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) by Mark Twain holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 4 holds 174 sentences of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910), unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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