Chapter 9 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHRISTMAS O mellow air! O sunny light! O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day! G. ESSEX EVANS. Norah woke up early.
Chapter 9 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “CHRISTMAS O mellow air!”
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading “G. ESSEX EVANS.”
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading “G. ESSEX EVANS.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!”
unhurried and relaxed
From this reading “CHRISTMAS O mellow air!”
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading “O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “O sunny light!”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Norah woke up early.”
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading CHRISTMAS O mellow air!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading CHRISTMAS O mellow air!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Norah woke up early.
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading G. ESSEX EVANS.
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading G. ESSEX EVANS.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G. ESSEX EVANS.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
the literary culture
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading O sunny light!
unhurried and relaxed
From this reading CHRISTMAS O mellow air!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah woke up early.
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 CHRISTMAS O mellow air!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
go across or through
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading O sunny light!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Norah woke up early.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Norah woke up early.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading O Hope and Youth that pass away, Print thou in letters of delight Upon each heart one glorious day!
Chapter 9 of Mates at Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 9 holds 202 sentences of Mates at Billabong, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Mates at Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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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