Chapter 15 of Salome is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Salome is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOST! "Send the children away!" The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before. "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you. When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
Chapter 15 of Salome is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “"Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.”
plural of “emerald” — a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading “"Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.”
plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading “When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.”
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading “When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.”
past form of “recall” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.”
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading “"Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.”
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading “When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.”
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 “The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.”
In this reading “When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.”
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 When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Send the children away!"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "Send the children away!"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
being one more than seven
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
plural of “emerald” — a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading LOST!
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
above and across; more than
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
past form of “recall” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
precisely, exactly
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Send the children away!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Send the children away!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
at the time that
From this reading When we first settled in here, I looked over all my personal jewels, and everything was right.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The words recalled that first day of sorrow--eight months before.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Salome, I have lost the necklet set with emeralds, which really belongs to you.
Chapter 15 of Salome by Emma Marshall holds 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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 15 holds 198 sentences of Salome, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Salome by Emma Marshall exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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