Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JULY 22, 1899. [PRICE ONE PENNY.] AFTER THE STORM. BY SARAH DOUDNEY. Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a strident sound
From this reading “Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “JULY 22, 1899.”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “[PRICE ONE PENNY.]”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “BY SARAH DOUDNEY.”
lack of agreement or harmony
From this reading “Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULY 22, 1899.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULY 22, 1899.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
make a strident sound
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY SARAH DOUDNEY.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY SARAH DOUDNEY.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading JULY 22, 1899.
immediately past
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
throughout a period of time
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading [PRICE ONE PENNY.]
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading [PRICE ONE PENNY.]
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading [PRICE ONE PENNY.]
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading BY SARAH DOUDNEY.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
lack of agreement or harmony
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading Patience! for the strife is o’er; Weary wave and dying blast Beat and moan around the shore; Peace must come at last.
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899 by Various holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 1 holds 12 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1021, July 22, 1899 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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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