Chapter 21 of Norah of Billabong is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
Chapter 21 of Norah of Billabong is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!” I said. “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!” —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?” David Linton asked.
Chapter 21 of Norah of Billabong is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cradle” — a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading ““The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!””
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “David Linton asked.”
-ing form of “flock” — move as a crowd or in a group
From this reading “BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!””
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!””
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ““The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!””
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading ““The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!””
plural of “snowflake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading “BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!””
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!””
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 “BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!””
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(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 BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading David Linton asked.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
plural of “cradle” — a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading David Linton asked.
-ing form of “flock” — move as a crowd or in a group
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading David Linton asked.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
Recollections of past events.
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
be seated
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
plural of “snowflake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
not in physical motion
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
a Caucasian
From this reading BACK TO BILLABONG And thro’ the night came all old memories flocking, White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled; “All’s well!”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “The mothers still sit rocking The cradles of the world!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_W. H. Ogilvie._ “SO you’ll come?”
Chapter 21 of Norah of Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 21 holds 183 sentences of Norah of Billabong, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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