Chapter 29 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUR LADY DEL PILAR. "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost? Who can so well appease a lover's fall? What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost? Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
Chapter 29 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 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.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “"The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?”
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading “Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."”
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading “Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."”
a person of French descent
From this reading “Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."”
possessive form of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “"The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?”
of or relating to a hair
From this reading “OUR LADY DEL PILAR.”
third-person singular of “retire” — go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
From this reading “"The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?”
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading “What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?”
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.
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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 "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OUR LADY DEL PILAR.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Who can so well appease a lover's fall?
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
moving swiftly
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
a person of French descent
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading OUR LADY DEL PILAR.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
possessive form of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
a female domestic
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR LADY DEL PILAR.
of or relating to a hair
From this reading OUR LADY DEL PILAR.
third-person singular of “retire” — go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Who can so well appease a lover's fall?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Who can so well appease a lover's fall?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
at the time that
From this reading What maid retrieve when man's flushed hope is lost?
which person or people
From this reading "The foe retires--she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost?
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Who hang so fiercely on the flying Gaul, Foiled by a woman's hand before a battered wall."
Chapter 29 of The King's Own Borderers — Volume 2 by James Grant holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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