Chapter 5 of Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Silence!" "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me. Call me down just to show that you're alive." She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets. When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
Chapter 5 of Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessing life
From this reading “Call me down just to show that you're alive."”
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “"Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.”
wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
From this reading “When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.”
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.”
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading “"Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.”
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.”
having a point
From this reading “She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.”
past form of “subside” — wear off or die down
From this reading “She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.”
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.
anew
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
possessing life
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
and nothing more
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
having a point
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading "Silence!"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
past form of “subside” — wear off or die down
From this reading She pointed to his History and subsided into her English Poets.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I'd like to have _some_ attention paid me.
at the time that
From this reading When she came to earth again, the sun was low beyond the eucalyptus trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Call me down just to show that you're alive."
Chapter 5 of Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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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