Chapter 5 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES. I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child. Her purse of money was safe for the present. Her promise lay in abeyance. Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Chapter 5 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary cessation or suspension
From this reading “Her promise lay in abeyance.”
past form of “counsel” — give advice to
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.”
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading “Her purse of money was safe for the present.”
a chain of mountains between France and Spain
From this reading “A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
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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 GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
temporary cessation or suspension
From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
a young person of either sex
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
past form of “counsel” — give advice to
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
divisible by two
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
set up or found
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
carefree and happy and lighthearted
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
a chain of mountains between France and Spain
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
up to a particular time
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
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