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The Fire Within

Chapter XIII

Chapter 13 of The Fire Within is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.
The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.
I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.
Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.
He had been, as Mary phrased it, very much put out.”
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The Fire Within

Chapter XIII

Chapter 13 of The Fire Within is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.
/mɑːrtʃ ɡoʊz aʊt aɪ θɔːt aɪ sɔː ðə ɡreɪ wʊlfs aɪz/
Line 2
The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.
Line 3
I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.
/aɪ kraɪd əˈlaʊd fɔːr laɪt ənd ɔːl ðə laɪt wɑːz ded ənd dʌn əˈweɪ ənd noʊ wʌn ˈænsərd tuː maɪ kɔːl/
Line 4
Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.
/ˈedwərd wɑːz pərˈhæps ðə ˈpɜːrsən best pliːzd æt ðə nuːz ʌv ɪˈlɪzəbəθs enˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
Line 5
He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”
/hiː hæd bɪn æz ˈmeri freɪzd ɪt ˈveri mʌtʃ pʊt aʊt/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

aloud adverb US /əˈlaʊd/

using the voice; not silently

From this reading “I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.”

delights noun US /dɪˈlaɪts/

plural of “delight” — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

From this reading “The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.”

Edward noun US /ˈedwərd/

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading “Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.”

Elizabeth's noun US /ɪˈlɪzəbəθs/

possessive form of “elizabeth” — daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

engagement noun US /enˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading “Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.”

Grey adjective US /ɡreɪ/

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading “MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.”

phrased verb US /freɪzd/

past form of “phrase” — put into words or an expression

From this reading “He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.””

Wolf's noun US /wʊlfs/

possessive form of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

cried aloud verb + particle counted as “cry aloud”

In this reading “I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.”

GOES OUT verb + adjective counted as “go out”

move out of or depart from

In this reading “MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.”

put out verb + adjective

to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

In this reading “He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.””

All words in this reading · 54

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

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 The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

aloudadverbUS /əˈlaʊd/

using the voice; not silently

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

answeredverbUS /ˈænsərd/

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

bestnounUS /best/

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

criedverbUS /kraɪd/

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

delightsnounUS /dɪˈlaɪts/

plural of “delight” — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

doneadjectiveUS /dʌn/

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

EdwardnounUS /ˈedwərd/

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

Elizabeth'snounUS /ɪˈlɪzəbəθs/

possessive form of “elizabeth” — daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

engagementnounUS /enˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

eyesnounUS /aɪz/

opinion or judgment

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

GOESnounUS /ɡoʊz/

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

GreyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

HepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

lightadjectiveUS /laɪt/

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

MARCHverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/

march in a procession

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

MarynounUS /ˈmeri/

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

MostadverbUS /moʊst/

used to form the superlative

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

newsnounUS /nuːz/

information about recent and important events

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

OUTadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

perhapsadverbUS /pərˈhæps/

by chance

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

personnounUS /ˈpɜːrsən/

a human being

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

phrasedverbUS /freɪzd/

past form of “phrase” — put into words or an expression

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

pleasedadjectiveUS /pliːzd/

experiencing or manifesting pleasure

From this reading Edward was, perhaps, the person best pleased at the news of Elizabeth’s engagement.

putverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

sunnounUS /sʌn/

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I cried aloud for light, and all The light was dead and done away, And no one answered to my call.

unendurably

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading He had been, as Mary phrased it, “very much put out.”

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The sun was gone away, Most unendurably gone down, With all delights of day.

Wolf'snounUS /wʊlfs/

possessive form of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading MARCH GOES OUT I thought I saw the Grey Wolf’s eyes.

Chapter 13 of The Fire Within by Patricia Wentworth holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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.

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Chapter 13 holds 108 sentences of The Fire Within, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.

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