Chapter 7 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FORGAEL. [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me? You are not the world’s core. O no, no, no! That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
Chapter 7 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “That cannot be the meaning of the birds.”
a small group of indispensable persons or things
From this reading “You are not the world’s core.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “[_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “That cannot be the meaning of the birds.”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “[_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?”
having a supporting base
From this reading “[_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
a small group of indispensable persons or things
From this reading You are not the world’s core.
opinion or judgment
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORGAEL.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
not any; not one
From this reading O no, no, no!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You are not the world’s core.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O no, no, no!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
having a supporting base
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That cannot be the meaning of the birds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You are not the world’s core.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading You are not the world’s core.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Turning and seeing her._] Why are you standing with your eyes upon me?
Chapter 7 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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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