Chapter 34 of The deserted wife is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of The deserted wife is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WOUNDED EAGLE. “Eagle, this is not thy sphere! Warrior bird! what dost thou here? Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink? Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
Chapter 34 of The deserted wife is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a region marking a boundary
From this reading “Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?”
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Warrior bird! what dost thou here?”
weak from exhaustion
From this reading “Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?”
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading “THE WOUNDED EAGLE.”
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
From this reading “Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?”
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading ““Eagle, this is not thy sphere!”
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading “Warrior bird! what dost thou here?”
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading “Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?”
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.
In this reading “Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?”
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
a region marking a boundary
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
weak from exhaustion
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading THE WOUNDED EAGLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Eagle, this is not thy sphere!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Eagle, this is not thy sphere!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “Eagle, this is not thy sphere!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOUNDED EAGLE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Eagle, this is not thy sphere!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Eagle, this is not thy sphere!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wherefore on the violet’s bed Lay’st thou thus thy drooping head?
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Warrior bird! what dost thou here?
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading Wherefore by the fountain’s brink Dost thy royal pinion sink?
people who are wounded
From this reading THE WOUNDED EAGLE.
Chapter 34 of The deserted wife by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 58 sentences, grouped into 12 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 34 holds 58 sentences of The deserted wife, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of The deserted wife by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 58 sentences, grouped into 12 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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