Chapter 11 of Mopsa the Fairy is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Mopsa the Fairy is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD-MORNING, SISTER. Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part. Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart. Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh. We must go.
Chapter 11 of Mopsa the Fairy is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 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.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading “Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.”
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading “Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.”
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading “Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.”
the display of a motion picture
From this reading “Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.”
possessive form of “so” — the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
From this reading “Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.”
work hard
From this reading “Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.”
possessive form of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.”
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.
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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 Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
(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 Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOOD-MORNING, SISTER.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must go.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
above and across; more than
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
the display of a motion picture
From this reading Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading GOOD-MORNING, SISTER.
possessive form of “so” — the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Sweet is childhood--childhood's over, Kiss and part.
work hard
From this reading Sweet is rest; but by all showing Toil is nigh.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must go.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
possessive form of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Sweet is youth; but youth's a rover-- So's my heart.
Chapter 11 of Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 11 holds 112 sentences of Mopsa the Fairy, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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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