Chapter 4 of The great amulet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The great amulet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!" --Browning. Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her. "I wonder .
Chapter 4 of The great amulet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “--Browning.”
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
From this reading “"Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"”
make sense of; assign a meaning to
From this reading “"Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “"Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"”
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
From this reading “"Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"”
not in physical motion
From this reading “Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.”
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading “Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.”
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(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 "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading --Browning.
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
make sense of; assign a meaning to
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
not in physical motion
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Quita drew rein and sat motionless for several seconds, looking straight before her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Flower o' the clove, All the Latin I construe is 'Amo, I love'!"
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "I wonder .
Chapter 4 of The great amulet by Maud Diver holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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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