Chapter 21 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Oh, George!’ She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her. ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another. Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face. ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
Chapter 21 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.”
move deeply
From this reading “Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “’Oh, George!’”
a state of high honor
From this reading “Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.”
weep convulsively
From this reading “She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.”
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being one hundred more than two hundred
In this reading “’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.”
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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 ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
move deeply
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading ’Oh, George!’
a state of high honor
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
ten 10s
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ’Oh, George!’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
weep convulsively
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading She trembled and gave one great sob, that shook her.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ’How we should live to one another, live in one another, and love one another.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, Glory! we should not care for any others to come and disturb us, we should be so happy——’ She covered her face.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading ’On three hundred a year,’ he went on.
Chapter 21 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 376 sentences, grouped into 76 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 21 holds 376 sentences of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
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