Chapter 7 of The Sign of the Red Cross is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Sign of the Red Cross is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Father, dear father, prithee let me go!" "What, my child? Have I not lost all but thee? Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?" Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
Chapter 7 of The Sign of the Red Cross is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading “Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"”
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading “Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.”
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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 Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
a young person of either sex
From this reading "What, my child?
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
dearly loved
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What, my child?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Father, dear father, prithee let me go!"
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Have I not lost all but thee?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Am I to send thee forth to thy death in this terrible city, stricken by the hand of God?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What, my child?
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Into Gertrude's face there crept a wonderful light and brightness.
Chapter 7 of The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 235 sentences, grouped into 47 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 7 holds 235 sentences of The Sign of the Red Cross, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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