Chapter 13 of The Owls' House is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Owls' House is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft. “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he. “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.” Ortho frowned. Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
Chapter 13 of The Owls' House is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “consign” — commit forever; commit irrevocably
From this reading “Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.”
the state of being tense and feeling pain
From this reading “Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.”
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading “Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.”
past form of “frown” — look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading “Ortho frowned.”
the handle of a weapon or tool
From this reading “Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.”
possessive form of “teresa” — Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.”
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In this reading “Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.”
move away from a place into another direction
In this reading ““He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.””
In this reading ““He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.””
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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 Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
later than; following
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
for the reason that
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
past form of “consign” — commit forever; commit irrevocably
From this reading Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
the state of being tense and feeling pain
From this reading Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
set up or found
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
past form of “frown” — look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading Ortho frowned.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
the handle of a weapon or tool
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
something that is lost
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
on one occasion
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ortho frowned.
above and across; more than
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
cut with a saw
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
carry out
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
express in words
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
possessive form of “teresa” — Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under his breath he consigned William John Prowse to eternal discomfort.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Saw William John Prowse up to Church-town,” said he.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Some three weeks after Teresa’s loss Eli found his brother in the yard fitting a fork-head to a new haft.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “He told me to tell you that you must take the two horses over to once because he’s got to go away.”
Chapter 13 of The Owls' House by Crosbie Garstin holds 331 sentences, grouped into 67 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.
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