Chapter 22 of Our Home in the Silver West is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Our Home in the Silver West is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER. Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West. What happy, blithesome years they had been, too! Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well. During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
Chapter 22 of Our Home in the Silver West is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.”
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.”
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
From this reading “During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.”
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading “Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.”
a fierce or audacious person
From this reading “ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.”
offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
From this reading “During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.
(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 Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
carefree and happy and lighthearted
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
a fierce or audacious person
From this reading ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
From this reading During all this time we could not look back with regret to one unpleasant hour.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
(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 Every day had brought its duties, every duty its pleasures as well.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What happy, blithesome years they had been, too!
in the company of; together with
From this reading ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER.
a late time of life
From this reading Two years more have passed away, four years in all, since we first set foot in the Silver West.
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