Chapter 9 of My Lorraine journal is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of My Lorraine journal is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VERDUN _Verdun! The sound is like a clarion call. Verdun! It is shorty but gravely harmonious. It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
Chapter 9 of My Lorraine journal is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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blow the clarion
From this reading “The sound is like a clarion call.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.”
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading “It is shorty but gravely harmonious.”
musically pleasing
From this reading “It is shorty but gravely harmonious.”
the process of showing signs of life
From this reading “It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.”
providing abundant nourishment
From this reading “It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.”
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
From this reading “VERDUN _Verdun!”
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.
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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 The sound is like a clarion call.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is shorty but gravely harmonious.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
blow the clarion
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading It is shorty but gravely harmonious.
musically pleasing
From this reading It is shorty but gravely harmonious.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is shorty but gravely harmonious.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
the process of showing signs of life
From this reading It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
providing abundant nourishment
From this reading It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is shorty but gravely harmonious.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sound is like a clarion call.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is satisfying to the ear, it is quickening to the soul.
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
From this reading VERDUN _Verdun!
Chapter 9 of My Lorraine journal by Edith O'Shaughnessy holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 9 holds 210 sentences of My Lorraine journal, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of My Lorraine journal by Edith O'Shaughnessy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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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