Chapter 6 of The Mother of St. Nicholas is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Mother of St. Nicholas is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS. Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling. "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province. Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless. Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
Chapter 6 of The Mother of St. Nicholas is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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too numerous to be counted
From this reading “Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.”
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading “Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.”
a feeling of righteous anger
From this reading “THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS.”
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “"I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “"I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.”
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading “"I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.”
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading “Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.”
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.
In this reading “Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.”
In this reading “Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
without stop or interruption
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
a feeling of righteous anger
From this reading THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I have heard of the maiden," he continued, "and have seen her in my native province.
acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
a state of acute pain
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
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From this reading THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE INDIGNATION OF THARSOS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her good deeds to the poor and the suffering have been countless.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tharsos was speaking with deep but suppressed feeling.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Her whole life has been work and pity and self-sacrifice.
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