Chapter 30 of Silver Cross is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Silver Cross is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The wold hung November grey. “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith. “Elf of the world wants a white flower!” “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay. Emmy spoke.
Chapter 30 of Silver Cross is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
From this reading ““Elf of the world wants a white flower!””
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading “Emmy spoke.”
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading ““Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading ““Elf of the world wants a white flower!””
a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres
From this reading ““Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “The wold hung November grey.”
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading ““Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.”
a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
From this reading “The wold hung November grey.”
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 ““Elf of the world wants a white flower!””
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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 “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
in the past
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading Emmy spoke.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading The wold hung November grey.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading The wold hung November grey.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading The wold hung November grey.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Emmy spoke.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Snow in that cloud,” quoth the old smith.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wold hung November grey.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
a Caucasian
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
From this reading The wold hung November grey.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Elf of the world wants a white flower!”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “Snowy night a year ago!” said Morgen Fay.
Chapter 30 of Silver Cross by Mary Johnston holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 30 holds 175 sentences of Silver Cross, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 of Silver Cross by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 30 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 425 minutes of reading across 1022 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Silver Cross, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
