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Chapter 3 of The Rhymer is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’In a fortnight! Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’ ’Then you’ll come, Ally?’ ’Come? How can I fail?’ said Alison.
Chapter 3 of The Rhymer is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friendly nation
From this reading “’Then you’ll come, Ally?’”
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
the first light of day
From this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
From this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “’In a fortnight!”
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
From this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
weep convulsively
From this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
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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In this reading “Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’”
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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 ’In a fortnight!
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a friendly nation
From this reading ’Then you’ll come, Ally?’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ’Then you’ll come, Ally?’
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
the first light of day
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading How can I fail?’ said Alison.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading ’In a fortnight!
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ’In a fortnight!
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
weep convulsively
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
in the near future
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
a Caucasian
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
in the company of; together with
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Was he coming so soon?’ said Alison, with a white face, and then the magnitude of her friend’s action on her behalf dawning upon her, she cried, with a half sob, ’Oh, Nancy! how can I thank you for this deliverance?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Then you’ll come, Ally?’
Chapter 3 of The Rhymer by Allan McAulay holds 427 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.
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