Chapter 9 of Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Thou! the Prophet is thou? My God, my God! Then let us perish now!" She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet. "Oh, my child, speak low, speak low!"
Chapter 9 of Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
held dear
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Then let us perish now!"”
an authoritative person who divines the future
From this reading “"Thou! the Prophet is thou?”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Oh, my child, speak low, speak low!"
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading My God, my God!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
intense and profound fear
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Thou! the Prophet is thou?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Then let us perish now!"
held dear
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "Oh, my child, speak low, speak low!"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My God, my God!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Then let us perish now!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, my child, speak low, speak low!"
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Then let us perish now!"
an authoritative person who divines the future
From this reading "Thou! the Prophet is thou?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
express in speech
From this reading "Oh, my child, speak low, speak low!"
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Thou! the Prophet is thou?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then let us perish now!"
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thou! the Prophet is thou?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then let us perish now!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
which person or people
From this reading She stared in horror at the man she loved, who was also the man she had cursed and despised--the famous Prophet.
Chapter 9 of Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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