Chapter 4 of The loves of Pelleas and Etarre is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The loves of Pelleas and Etarre is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’? Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago? Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors. Yes--a ball. Just we seven.
Chapter 4 of The loves of Pelleas and Etarre is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?”
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading ““Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?”
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading “Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.”
plural of “survivor” — one who lives through affliction
From this reading “Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.”
possessive form of “washington” — the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
a late time of life
From this reading “Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Yes--a ball.
in the past
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
being nine more than forty
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
the act of departing
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
and nothing more
From this reading Just we seven.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
plural of “survivor” — one who lives through affliction
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
possessive form of “washington” — the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Just we seven.
(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 Well, Etarre and I are going to give another ball to the seven survivors.
a late time of life
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes--the one on Washington’s Birthday forty-nine years ago?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you remember the ball at the Selby-Whitfords’?
Chapter 4 of The loves of Pelleas and Etarre by Zona Gale holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Chapter 4 holds 433 sentences of The loves of Pelleas and Etarre, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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