Chapter 3 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours. I have seen children, like her, peep round a door. There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips. For one instant they look in on you and then are gone. It is no good your calling.
Chapter 3 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.”
plural of “flow” — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.”
look furtively
From this reading “I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.”
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading “There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.”
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 “I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.”
In this reading “They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading It is no good your calling.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
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 They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
plural of “flow” — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
destroyed or killed
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It is no good your calling.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
the sound of laughing
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
not any; not one
From this reading It is no good your calling.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
look furtively
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
a shaky motion
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I have seen children, like her, peep round a door.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
the season of growth
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is laughter in their faces; it flows in a silver ripple, quivering shyly on their lips.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They can be cold, those nights in April, for spring comes timidly to this little island of ours.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For one instant they look in on you and then are gone.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is no good your calling.
Chapter 3 of The garden of resurrection by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 3 holds 171 sentences of The garden of resurrection, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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