Chapter 7 of Selections from American poetry, with is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Selections from American poetry, with is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Do the feasters gluttonous feast? Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors? Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers! O pioneers! Has the night descended?
Chapter 7 of Selections from American poetry, with is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!”
past form of “bolt” — move or jump suddenly
From this reading “Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?”
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading “Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “Do the feasters gluttonous feast?”
given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
From this reading “Do the feasters gluttonous feast?”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!”
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!”
plural of “sleeper” — a rester who is sleeping
From this reading “Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
past form of “bolt” — move or jump suddenly
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
excessively fat
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading Has the night descended?
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
From this reading Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has the night descended?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Has the night descended?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O pioneers!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
plural of “sleeper” — a rester who is sleeping
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
not in physical motion
From this reading Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors?
Chapter 7 of Selections from American poetry, with by Margaret Sprague [Editor] Carhart holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 270 sentences of Selections from American poetry, with, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
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