Chapter 1 of Silent Struggles is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 1 of Silent Struggles is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://www. MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc. A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
Chapter 1 of Silent Struggles is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an acute insufficiency
From this reading “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading “A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.”
a female heir
From this reading “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
From this reading “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “See http://www.”
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
From this reading “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “ANN S. STEPHENS.”
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
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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 “Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.”
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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 A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
an acute insufficiency
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
a female heir
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://www.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://www.
plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin-gold it takes the furnace heat.
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
From this reading See http://www.
Chapter 1 of Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens holds 196 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.
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