Chapter 23 of The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HEROES. The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one. Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer. There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm. "You are going, Gaspar?"
Chapter 23 of The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
From this reading “"You are going, Gaspar?"”
a long fixed look
From this reading “The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.”
plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “HEROES.”
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.”
possessive form of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading “The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.”
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
From this reading “Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.”
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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 The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
react verbally
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are going, Gaspar?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
lacking funds
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
make calm or still
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
set up or found
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
From this reading "You are going, Gaspar?"
a long fixed look
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
the act of departing
From this reading "You are going, Gaspar?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading HEROES.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
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From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
immediately past
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
possessive form of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
not in physical motion
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
having come into contact
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Sun Maid's gaze into her husband's face was a prolonged and questioning one.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
From this reading Before it was withdrawn she had found her answer.
but in spite of that
From this reading There was still a silence between them, which she broke at last, and it touched him to see how pale she had become and yet how calm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are going, Gaspar?"
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