Chapter 38 of The Gold Brick is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter 38 of The Gold Brick is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LONELY HOUSE. That noble mansion had changed greatly. The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste. The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away. Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
Chapter 38 of The Gold Brick is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 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.
slightly wet
From this reading “The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.”
plural of “jungle” — a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
From this reading “Rose thickets had grown into jungles.”
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading “That noble mansion had changed greatly.”
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading “The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.”
plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes
From this reading “Rose thickets had grown into jungles.”
past form of “tinge” — affect as in thought or feeling
From this reading “The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.”
plural of “winter” — the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.”
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 “That noble mansion had changed greatly.”
In this reading “THE LONELY HOUSE.”
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.
(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 beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
slightly wet
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading THE LONELY HOUSE.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
plural of “jungle” — a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
From this reading Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading THE LONELY HOUSE.
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
not any; not one
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
impressive in appearance
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
marked by the presence of snow
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
possessing sweep
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That noble mansion had changed greatly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LONELY HOUSE.
plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes
From this reading Rose thickets had grown into jungles.
past form of “tinge” — affect as in thought or feeling
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
plural of “wall” — 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 The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading The beauty of its grounds was all run to waste.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
plural of “winter” — the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The snowy walls of the house were tinged with the damp of many winters, which no careful hand had swept away.
Chapter 38 of The Gold Brick by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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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