Chapter 21 of Osceola the Seminole is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Osceola the Seminole is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then I am not dead. I live. I am saved! It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit. It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Chapter 21 of Osceola the Seminole is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
of surpassing excellence
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Then I am not dead.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I live.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “I am saved!”
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading “It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Then I am not dead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Then I am not dead.
opinion or judgment
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I am not dead.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I live.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then I am not dead.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading I am saved!
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I am not dead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
belonging to which person
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Chapter 21 of Osceola the Seminole by Mayne Reid holds 402 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 21 holds 402 sentences of Osceola the Seminole, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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