Chapter 18 of The star dreamer: A romance is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The star dreamer: A romance is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong. We met, but only meant to part. Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ... —TENNYSON (_The Letters_). Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
Chapter 18 of The star dreamer: A romance is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.”
having made preparations
From this reading “Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...”
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading “A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.”
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...”
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading “Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.”
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading “—TENNYSON (_The Letters_).”
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading “A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.”
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In this reading “A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.”
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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 A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We met, but only meant to part.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
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From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
having made preparations
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
the literary culture
From this reading —TENNYSON (_The Letters_).
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading We met, but only meant to part.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
and nothing more
From this reading We met, but only meant to part.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading We met, but only meant to part.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading —TENNYSON (_The Letters_).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading —TENNYSON (_The Letters_).
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We met, but only meant to part.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Full cold my greeting was and dry; She faintly smiled ...
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Fain would Ellinor have avoided being present at the reception of the guests.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES And then we met in wrath and wrong.
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