Chapter 20 of The Actress' Daughter: A Novel is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Actress' Daughter: A Novel is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FOUND AND LOST. "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead." "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string." It was a pleasant morning in early spring. The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
Chapter 20 of The Actress' Daughter: A Novel is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading “"An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."”
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading “"An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."”
a quality that outshines the usual
From this reading “The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading “The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “"An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."”
past form of “tint” — color lightly
From this reading “The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
emit long loud cries
From this reading “"There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “"An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."”
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 sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
In this reading “"An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."”
In this reading “The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
keep or lay aside for future use
In this reading “The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
higher than, or over, something
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FOUND AND LOST.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
comparative of “deeply” — to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
set up or found
From this reading FOUND AND LOST.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading FOUND AND LOST.
a quality that outshines the usual
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
above and across; more than
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
the season of growth
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
a lightweight cord
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
the rays of the sun
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
past form of “tint” — color lightly
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
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From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
emit long loud cries
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a pleasant morning in early spring.
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "An eagle with a broken wing, A harp with many a broken string."
the words that are spoken
From this reading "There are words of deeper sorrow Than the wail above the dead."
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading The sunshine lay in broad sheets of golden light over the fields, and tinted the tree-tops with a yellow luster.
Chapter 20 of The Actress' Daughter: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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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