Chapter 4 of The royal banner is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The royal banner is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEW FRIENDS. Oh, world unknown! How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new. Oh, world experienced! What of thee is told?
Chapter 4 of The royal banner is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading “How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.”
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
From this reading “Oh, world experienced!”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “What of thee is told?”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.”
not known
From this reading “Oh, world unknown!”
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.”
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 “NEW FRIENDS.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
From this reading Oh, world experienced!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading NEW FRIENDS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW FRIENDS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What of thee is told?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, world unknown!
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading What of thee is told?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading What of thee is told?
not known
From this reading Oh, world unknown!
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What of thee is told?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Oh, world unknown!
Chapter 4 of The royal banner by M. H. (Matilda Horsburgh) holds 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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 4 holds 142 sentences of The royal banner, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The royal banner by M. H. (Matilda Horsburgh) exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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