Chapter 6 of The Marryers is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Marryers is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight. What a mellow-voiced chorus it is! A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it. The softest tones of the flute are in that song. It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.
Chapter 6 of The Marryers is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading “What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!”
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
From this reading “It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.”
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading “The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.”
give a description of
From this reading “A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.”
a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
From this reading “The softest tones of the flute are in that song.”
a jaunty rhythm in music
From this reading “It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.”
superlative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “The softest tones of the flute are in that song.”
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In this reading “The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.”
In this reading “The softest tones of the flute are in that song.”
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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 What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
From this reading It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
give a description of
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.
a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
the act of departing
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
and nothing more
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
a jaunty rhythm in music
From this reading It has an easy-flowing conversational lilt.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
superlative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The softest tones of the flute are in that song.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading A man has got to search his memory if he's going to try to describe it.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The voice of the nightingales awoke me just before daylight.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a mellow-voiced chorus it is!
Chapter 6 of The Marryers by Irving Bacheller holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 6 holds 454 sentences of The Marryers, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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