Chapter 22 of The Last of the Vikings is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Last of the Vikings is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TRYST. "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Gray.
Chapter 22 of The Last of the Vikings is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the time that the curfew signal is sounded
From this reading “"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
From this reading “The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.”
toward home
From this reading “The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."”
ring as in announcing death
From this reading “"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading “The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.”
-ing form of “low” — make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
From this reading “The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.”
plural of “toll” — a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
From this reading “"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
From this reading “THE TRYST.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
the time that the curfew signal is sounded
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Gray.
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
toward home
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
ring as in announcing death
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
-ing form of “low” — make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
throughout a period of time
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
the act of departing politely
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
a man who plows
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRYST.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
plural of “toll” — a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
From this reading "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
From this reading THE TRYST.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
Chapter 22 of The Last of the Vikings by John (Novelist) Bowling holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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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