Chapter 1 of Mildred is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Mildred is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MILDRED. A Novel. EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC. “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.” SOUTHEY.
Chapter 1 of Mildred is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “A Novel.”
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading “EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.”
work hard
From this reading ““——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.””
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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 A Novel.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MILDRED.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading A Novel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
From this reading SOUTHEY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
work hard
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “——Love soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.
Chapter 1 of Mildred by Mary Jane Holmes holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 1 holds 180 sentences of Mildred, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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