Chapter 21 of The Gypsy Queen's Vow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of The Gypsy Queen's Vow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION. "A horrid specter rises to my sight." "I hear a knocking in the south entry. Hark! more knocking!" --MACBETH.
Chapter 21 of The Gypsy Queen's Vow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an item inserted in a written record
From this reading “"I hear a knocking in the south entry.”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “Hark! more knocking!"”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “"A horrid specter rises to my sight."”
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading “"I hear a knocking in the south entry.”
king of Scotland (died in 1057)
From this reading “--MACBETH.”
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading “PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION.”
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading “"A horrid specter rises to my sight."”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “"A horrid specter rises to my sight."”
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.
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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 "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION.
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
From this reading PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION.
an item inserted in a written record
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading Hark! more knocking!"
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION.
exceedingly bad
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
king of Scotland (died in 1057)
From this reading --MACBETH.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Hark! more knocking!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading PET BEGINS HER EDUCATION.
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I hear a knocking in the south entry.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A horrid specter rises to my sight."
Chapter 21 of The Gypsy Queen's Vow by May Agnes Fleming holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 21 holds 410 sentences of The Gypsy Queen's Vow, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Gypsy Queen's Vow by May Agnes Fleming exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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