Chapter 1 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW. A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA. BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL." Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows. _Coriolanus_.
Chapter 1 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."”
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading “Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.”
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading “Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.”
plural of “hawk” — diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading “THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW.”
a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading “BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."”
plural of “kite” — a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading “Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.”
an inherited pattern of thought or action
From this reading “A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.”
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 “Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.”
In this reading “BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."”
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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 TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Coriolanus_.
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW.
plural of “hawk” — diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading BY THE AUTHOR OF "CALAVAR," AND "THE INFIDEL."
plural of “kite” — a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
an inherited pattern of thought or action
From this reading A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where dwellest thou?---- Under the canopy,--i' the city of kites and crows.
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