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Chapter 3 of Menotah: A Tale of the Riel Rebellion is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah! Drip, flash, gurgle. Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again. With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there. Min-ne-ha-hah!
Chapter 3 of Menotah: A Tale of the Riel Rebellion is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bubble” — a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
fall in drops
From this reading “Drip, flash, gurgle.”
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
From this reading “Drip, flash, gurgle.”
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
comparative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
From this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
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 “With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.”
In this reading “Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
anew
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
plural of “bubble” — a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
fall in drops
From this reading Drip, flash, gurgle.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Drip, flash, gurgle.
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
From this reading Drip, flash, gurgle.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Min-ne-ha-hah!
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From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
comparative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
the rays of the sun
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MENOTAH--HEART THAT KNOWS NOT SORROW Ne-ha-hah!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
in or at that place or location
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
a Caucasian
From this reading With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Down from rock to rock--splash, tinkle--soft, softer, with a long, peaceful swirl of bubbles, as the lone rushes by the bank shivered again.
Chapter 3 of Menotah: A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by John Trevena holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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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