Chapter 5 of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
60. Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other. 63. =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion. Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
Chapter 5 of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “=many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “=many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.”
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
From this reading “=many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.”
plural of “joint” — (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
From this reading “Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.”
make reference to
From this reading “Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.”
walk stiffly
From this reading “Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.”
in a confused mass
From this reading “=many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.”
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From this reading 60.
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From this reading 63.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
plural of “joint” — (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
make reference to
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
walk stiffly
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
in a swift manner
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
in a confused mass
From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Looking swiftly now on one side of the question, now on the other.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Or “many-knotted” may refer to the joints in the stalk.
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From this reading =many-knotted water-flags.= The common iris, growing in tangled confusion.
Chapter 5 of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School by O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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 5 holds 350 sentences of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School by O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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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