Chapter 19 of The Able McLaughlins is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Able McLaughlins is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now. The fields had been black. They had grown green, shyly, softly. They had given themselves up to bold greenness. They had achieved their golden maturity.
Chapter 19 of The Able McLaughlins is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading “They had achieved their golden maturity.”
fearless and daring
From this reading “They had given themselves up to bold greenness.”
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
From this reading “The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.”
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
From this reading “They had given themselves up to bold greenness.”
the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
From this reading “They had achieved their golden maturity.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “They had grown green, shyly, softly.”
possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
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 year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading They had achieved their golden maturity.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The fields had been black.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The fields had been black.
fearless and daring
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading The fields had been black.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading They had achieved their golden maturity.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading They had grown green, shyly, softly.
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading They had grown green, shyly, softly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fields had been black.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
From this reading They had achieved their golden maturity.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
and nothing more
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading They had grown green, shyly, softly.
with low volume
From this reading They had grown green, shyly, softly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had achieved their golden maturity.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had grown green, shyly, softly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They had given themselves up to bold greenness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
a Caucasian
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading The year’s calendar of color was almost at an end; only white was left for it now.
Chapter 19 of The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 19 holds 207 sentences of The Able McLaughlins, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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