Chapter 5 of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's not true, Wind," said the linnet. "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west." "Re-ally?" said the wind. "Ah ... I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
Chapter 5 of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “"There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."”
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “"There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."”
come to pass
From this reading “I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."”
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
From this reading “"That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “"There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “"That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.”
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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a wind from the east
In this reading “I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."”
In this reading “"There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah ...
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
come to pass
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
and nothing more
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Re-ally?" said the wind.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading "There's a beautiful grey cloud far away in the west."
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "That's not true, Wind," said the linnet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I happen to be the east wind just now, so I can't help you."
Chapter 5 of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories by Carl Ewald holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 429 sentences of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories by Carl Ewald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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