The Conquest

Chapter III

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GIB O' CLARCLACH.

Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

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The Conquest

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Conquest is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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GIB O' CLARCLACH.

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Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

/ˈsevən ʌv ðoʊz jɪrz wɜːr ðə ˈhæpiəst ʌv ɔːl maɪ laɪf pərˈhæps/

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Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

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She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

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But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

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dwelt verb US /dwelt/

inflected form of “dwell” — think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

gib noun US /ɡɪb/

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

From this reading “GIB O' CLARCLACH.”

happiest adjective US /ˈhæpiəst/

superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading “Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.”

mystery noun US /ˈmɪstəri/

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

From this reading “She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.”

rude adjective US /ruːd/

socially incorrect in behavior

From this reading “She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.”

Ruth noun US /ruːθ/

United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

From this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

taught verb US /tɔːt/

inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

whiles noun US /waɪlz/

plural of “while” — a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

From this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

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never known adverb + adjective

In this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

at home preposition + noun

a reception held in your own home

In this reading “Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.”

good family adjective + noun

In this reading “She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

alwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

badadjectiveUS /bæd/

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

CLARCLACH

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From this reading GIB O' CLARCLACH.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

diedverbUS /daɪd/

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

dweltverbUS /dwelt/

inflected form of “dwell” — think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

Eastoun

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From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

else

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From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

Errols

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From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

familynounUS /ˈfæməli/

a social unit living together

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

Fergus

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From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

GIBnounUS /ɡɪb/

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

From this reading GIB O' CLARCLACH.

goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

happiestadjectiveUS /ˈhæpiəst/

superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

how

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From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

knownadjectiveUS /noʊn/

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

MacDonald

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From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

mysterynounUS /ˈmɪstəri/

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

OnounUS /oʊ/

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 GIB O' CLARCLACH.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

perhapsadverbUS /pərˈhæps/

by chance

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

roughadjectiveUS /rʌf/

having or caused by an irregular surface

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

rudeadjectiveUS /ruːd/

socially incorrect in behavior

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

RuthnounUS /ruːθ/

United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

SevennounUS /ˈsevən/

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

taughtverbUS /tɔːt/

inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading But love him she did, and he her, and it was a bad day for Fergus MacDonald when my mother died.

whilesnounUS /waɪlz/

plural of “while” — a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading She was of good family, of the Eastoun Errols, and how she came to love my father, who was rough and rude, was always something of a mystery to me.

workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Ruth and I dwelt quiet at home, and between whiles of the work my mother taught us much that we had never known else.

yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading Seven of those years were the happiest of all my life, perhaps.

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