Chapter 5 of No royal road is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of No royal road is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GOOD BEGINNING. "Life is real! Life is earnest!" LONGFELLOW. WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
Chapter 5 of No royal road is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.”
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “A GOOD BEGINNING.”
make calm or still
From this reading “WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.”
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading “Life is earnest!"”
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
From this reading “LONGFELLOW.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.”
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “"Life is real!”
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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In this reading “WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.”
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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 GOOD BEGINNING.
(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 WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading A GOOD BEGINNING.
make calm or still
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading Life is earnest!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A GOOD BEGINNING.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Life is real!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Life is real!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
From this reading LONGFELLOW.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading "Life is real!
not in physical motion
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still.
Chapter 5 of No royal road by Florence E. Burch holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 128 sentences of No royal road, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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