Chapter 27 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst. A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm. "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried. "All right," answered Luke. "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
Chapter 27 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 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.
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading “Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.”
past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.”
of the present time and place
From this reading “"Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.”
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
From this reading “A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.”
possessive form of “luke” — (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
From this reading “A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
(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 "All right," answered Luke.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "All right," answered Luke.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
of the present time and place
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
From this reading "All right," answered Luke.
possessive form of “luke” — (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
engage in
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," answered Luke.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading A man came running along and clutched at Luke's arm.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
carry out
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Here, take this lady and put her into a boat."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our life is given us as a blank; Ourselves must make it blest or curst.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Captain wants you, sir, immediate!" he cried.
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