Chapter 20 of The unhallowed harvest is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The unhallowed harvest is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place. It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April. The sun was shining gloriously. Birds were chirping in the bare trees. The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
Chapter 20 of The unhallowed harvest is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 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.
-ing form of “chirp” — make high-pitched sounds
From this reading “Birds were chirping in the bare trees.”
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading ““BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.”
with glory or in a glorious manner
From this reading “The sun was shining gloriously.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.”
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading ““BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.”
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading ““BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.”
-ing form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
come to pass
In this reading ““BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.”
In this reading “Birds were chirping in the bare trees.”
In this reading “It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
completely unclothed
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
-ing form of “chirp” — make high-pitched sounds
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
the act of giving
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
with glory or in a glorious manner
From this reading The sun was shining gloriously.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading The sun was shining gloriously.
-ing form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun was shining gloriously.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading It was now Sunday morning, and the first day of April.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first springing green was giving life to the rectory lawn.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “BLACK AS THE PIT” It was Friday afternoon that the riot took place.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Birds were chirping in the bare trees.
Chapter 20 of The unhallowed harvest by Homer Greene holds 491 sentences, grouped into 99 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 20 holds 491 sentences of The unhallowed harvest, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
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