Chapter XX of Rondah, ““Good-Bye!”,” is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XX
Chapter XX of Rondah, ““Good-Bye!”,” is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening. The lamps in the great hall were unlit. Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that. Into the silent rooms he hastened. Not there!
Chapter XX of Rondah, ““Good-Bye!”,” is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.”
a process of becoming deeper and more profound
From this reading “Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.”
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading “Into the silent rooms he hastened.”
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “The lamps in the great hall were unlit.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “Into the silent rooms he hastened.”
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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the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment
In this reading “The lamps in the great hall were unlit.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
in a state of sleep
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
a process of becoming deeper and more profound
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading Into the silent rooms he hastened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the silent rooms he hastened.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading Into the silent rooms he hastened.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Into the silent rooms he hastened.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Not there!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
not set afire or burning
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Regan returned to the palace as the darkness was deepening.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The lamps in the great hall were unlit.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Probably the bird women were asleep, but he knew it was not that.
Chapter 20 of Rondah by Florence Carpenter Dieudonné holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 20 holds 94 sentences of Rondah, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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