Chapter 39 of Red Pottage is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 39 of Red Pottage is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man." --ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers. "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up." "She has been here."
Chapter 39 of Red Pottage is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading “"Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.”
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “--ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “"I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “"I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “--ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “"Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."”
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading “"Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.”
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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 I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading --ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading --ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
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 I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
and nothing more
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
the force of workers available
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
except for; apart from
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
cut with a saw
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has been here."
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Has Lady Newhaven been here?" said the Bishop, coming into the study, his hands full of papers.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I thought I saw her carriage driving away as I came up."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading I thought, "Now, if I had been a woman, such As God made women, to save men by love-- By just my love I might have saved this man."
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