Chapter V of The Heritage, “The Stern Parent,” is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter V
Chapter V of The Heritage, “The Stern Parent,” is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?” “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good. But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.” “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully. That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
Chapter V of The Heritage, “The Stern Parent,” is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of mail) marked with a destination
From this reading “That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?”
using the voice; not silently
From this reading “That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?”
of a dreadful kind
From this reading ““Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.”
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading ““Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.”
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading “That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading “But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.””
lacking kindness
From this reading ““Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?””
hope for; have a wish
From this reading ““I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.”
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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(of mail) marked with a destination
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
using the voice; not silently
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
of a dreadful kind
From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
lacking kindness
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
Chapter 5 of The Heritage by Sydney C. Grier holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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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