Chapter 26 of Molly Bawn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Molly Bawn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death. * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more." --Shelley. It is just two o'clock, and Sunday. They have all been to church.
Chapter 26 of Molly Bawn is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
to or in any or all places
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “* * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “* * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."”
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading “* * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."”
according to the clock
From this reading “It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.”
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading “--Shelley.”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
(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 "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They have all been to church.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading They have all been to church.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
to or in any or all places
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have all been to church.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
and nothing more
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
not any; not one
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
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 * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
according to the clock
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading --Shelley.
the season of growth
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have all been to church.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They have all been to church.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
Chapter 26 of Molly Bawn by Duchess holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 26 holds 159 sentences of Molly Bawn, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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