Chapter XI of Rondah, “An Old Friend,” is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter XI of Rondah, “An Old Friend,” is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day. The sea of gems was rippling in its blue. The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom. The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees. Earth came to be a great moon.
Chapter XI of Rondah, “An Old Friend,” is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading “The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.”
plural of “gem” — art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
From this reading “The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.”
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading “More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.”
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.”
become covered with mist
From this reading “The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.”
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading “The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.”
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading “The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.”
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.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
plural of “gem” — art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
coins made of gold
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
become covered with mist
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
a light shade of red
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
a purple color or pigment
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
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 The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More like a gorgeous dream became the life of each day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Earth came to be a great moon.
plural of “tree” — 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 air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sea of gems was rippling in its blue.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The glorious islands were purple and pink in mist and bloom.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The air was laden with perfume from gold, silver and purple trees.
Chapter 11 of Rondah by Florence Carpenter Dieudonné holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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 11 holds 101 sentences of Rondah, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Rondah by Florence Carpenter Dieudonné exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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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