Chapter 6 of The Day of Wrath is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Day of Wrath is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE UNBELOVED SON. The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty. The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night. There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning. A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
Chapter 6 of The Day of Wrath is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a coffin along with its stand
From this reading “A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.”
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading “There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.”
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.”
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading “The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.”
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading “A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.”
past form of “dawn” — become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
From this reading “The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.”
elaborate or showy attire and accessories
From this reading “A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.”
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
From this reading “The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.”
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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 The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
later than; following
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
a coffin along with its stand
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
an occurrence of something
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
past form of “dawn” — become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
elaborate or showy attire and accessories
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
many times at short intervals
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
a male human offspring
From this reading THE UNBELOVED SON.
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNBELOVED SON.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a great bustling about in the house of mourning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A bier and a coffin had to be made, and the dead clothed in their funeral finery.
unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
From this reading THE UNBELOVED SON.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning was cold and cloudy as is often the case after a tempestuous night.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day dawned slowly and, as it seemed, with great difficulty.
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