Chapter 25 of The dark mother is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The dark mother is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked. I am sure you will like them also. Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune. TOM. How sure he was of David!
Chapter 25 of The dark mother is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “How sure he was of David!”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.”
a large number or amount
From this reading “Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.”
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.”
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.
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading “Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading I am sure you will like them also.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading How sure he was of David!
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How sure he was of David!
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From this reading How sure he was of David!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
and nothing more
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I am sure you will like them also.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
a large number or amount
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Lots of love, dearest Sister, and good fortune.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I am sure you will like them also.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I am sure you will like them also.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
male cat
From this reading TOM.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How sure he was of David!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I am sure you will like them also.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading These books I am sending you I have just read this year and liked.
Chapter 25 of The dark mother by Waldo David Frank holds 412 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.
Chapter 25 holds 412 sentences of The dark mother, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 25 of The dark mother by Waldo David Frank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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