Chapter 40 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END CROWNS ALL. Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End. Such heated air! such scorching pavements! Oh! how the poor were suffering! How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
Chapter 40 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
plural of “crown” — the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading “THE END CROWNS ALL.”
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.”
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading “Such heated air! such scorching pavements!”
plural of “pavement” — the paved surface of a thoroughfare
From this reading “Such heated air! such scorching pavements!”
hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
From this reading “Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “Oh! how the poor were suffering!”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
plural of “crown” — the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
plural of “pavement” — the paved surface of a thoroughfare
From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
by chance
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
participate in games or sport
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
a state of acute pain
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
Chapter 40 of The Children's Pilgrimage by L. T. Meade holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 40 holds 74 sentences of The Children's Pilgrimage, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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