Chapter 3 of Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'There you have your boy! The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.' "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy. She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!' "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
Chapter 3 of Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of a light grey
From this reading “"She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.”
cover from sight
From this reading “"It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.”
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading “The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'”
in a forcible manner
From this reading “"It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'”
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading “She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “"She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.”
get rid of
From this reading “"She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.”
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 “She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'”
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 She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
of a light grey
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
a youthful male person
From this reading "'There you have your boy!
cover from sight
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
a young person of either sex
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
in a forcible manner
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "'There you have your boy!
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
cause to move by striking
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
not any; not one
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
and nothing more
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
except for; apart from
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
get rid of
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading "She did not cry; she did not moan; she shed no tears; only her lips grew ashy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
in or at that place or location
From this reading "'There you have your boy!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It had to be taken from her forcibly to bury it.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tree that was destined for your friend hit him.'
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading She held the boy for two days on her lap and spoke no word save a soft-- "'My child! my child!'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'There you have your boy!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'There you have your boy!
Chapter 3 of Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales by Carmen Sylva holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 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 3 holds 455 sentences of Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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