Chapter 21 of Odd made even is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Odd made even is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance. LEE. MOLLY'S wedding was the next event. It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange. Betty went down for it.
Chapter 21 of Odd made even is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
an outlying farm
From this reading “It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.”
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
From this reading “It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.”
possessive form of “molly” — popular aquarium fish
From this reading “MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.”
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
make sweeter in taste
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
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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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Betty went down for it.”
In this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
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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 It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
(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 Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betty went down for it.
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Betty went down for it.
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Betty went down for it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
an outlying farm
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading LEE.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
joined in matrimony
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
possessive form of “molly” — popular aquarium fish
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
a particular point in time
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
make sweeter in taste
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Betty went down for it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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