Chapter 10 of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLUEGRASS God's Country! No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian! There never was--there is none now. To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself. She fashioned it with loving hands.
Chapter 10 of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various grasses of the genus Poa
From this reading “THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!”
planned and made or fashioned artistically
From this reading “She fashioned it with loving hands.”
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!”
a native or resident of Kentucky
From this reading “No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!”
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading “To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.”
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading “No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!”
a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
From this reading “To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
any of various grasses of the genus Poa
From this reading THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!
planned and made or fashioned artistically
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
a native or resident of Kentucky
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
not any; not one
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
not one, and not any
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLUEGRASS God's Country!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No humor in that phrase to the Bluegrass Kentuckian!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There never was--there is none now.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She fashioned it with loving hands.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading To him, the land seems in all the New World, to have been the pet shrine of the Great Mother herself.
Chapter 10 of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John, Jr. Fox holds 33 sentences, grouped into 7 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 33 sentences of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, unabridged, divided into 7 reading sections.
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