Chapter 23 of The Desert of Wheat is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of The Desert of Wheat is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Camp--, _October_--. Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you. I'm sorry, dear. But I haven't just been in shape to write. Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
Chapter 23 of The Desert of Wheat is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Camp--, _October_--.”
the month following September and preceding November
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading “But I haven't just been in shape to write.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “I'm sorry, dear.”
inflected form of “transfer” — transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
From this reading “Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “But I haven't just been in shape to write.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.”
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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 Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Camp--, _October_--.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm sorry, dear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
and nothing more
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Camp--, _October_--.
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I'm sorry, dear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
inflected form of “transfer” — transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
produce a literary work
From this reading But I haven't just been in shape to write.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Have been transferred to a training-camp not far from New York.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Sister Lenore,--It's been long since I wrote you.
Chapter 23 of The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 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 23 holds 455 sentences of The Desert of Wheat, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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