Chapter 17 of Red Caps and Lilies is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Red Caps and Lilies is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill. We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!” Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road. They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them. The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
Chapter 17 of Red Caps and Lilies is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to or in any or all places
From this reading “The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
ready to fall asleep
From this reading “The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
a series of chirps
From this reading “The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.”
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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In this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
In this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
In this reading “Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.”
In this reading “Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.”
In this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.”
In this reading “We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
to or in any or all places
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
and nothing more
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
ready to fall asleep
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
not in physical motion
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Marie Josephine stood still in the middle of the road.
the rays of the sun
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN “It’s the old mill.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had come out from the cool shade of the forest road and the early morning sunshine greeted them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
a series of chirps
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sky was faintly blue and everywhere there was the sleepy twitter of birds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ve walked all night and we’ve only come to the mill!”
Chapter 17 of Red Caps and Lilies by Katharine Adams holds 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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 17 holds 274 sentences of Red Caps and Lilies, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Red Caps and Lilies by Katharine Adams exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 274 sentences, grouped into 55 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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