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Chapter 30 of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She turned her face unto the wall. Her colour changed to pallid clay; Long ere the dews began to fall. The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.” The Queen’s Wake.
Chapter 30 of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “Her colour changed to pallid clay;”
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading “Her colour changed to pallid clay;”
plural of “dew” — water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
From this reading “Long ere the dews began to fall.”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.””
deprived of life; no longer living
From this reading “The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.””
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
From this reading “Her colour changed to pallid clay;”
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “The Queen’s Wake.”
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.
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inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Long ere the dews began to fall.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Her colour changed to pallid clay;
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading Her colour changed to pallid clay;
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading Her colour changed to pallid clay;
plural of “dew” — water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
From this reading Long ere the dews began to fall.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Long ere the dews began to fall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Long ere the dews began to fall.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.”
deprived of life; no longer living
From this reading The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.”
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 Long ere the dews began to fall.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The flower of Ettriek lifeless lay.”
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
From this reading Her colour changed to pallid clay;
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The Queen’s Wake.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her colour changed to pallid clay;
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
an old word for “to”
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading The Queen’s Wake.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “She turned her face unto the wall.
Chapter 30 of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole by W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell holds 233 sentences, grouped into 47 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 30 holds 233 sentences of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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