Chapter 23 of The Untempered Wind is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The Untempered Wind is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood." "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending! Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting! Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending! Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
Chapter 23 of The Untempered Wind is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an old form of “does”
From this reading “"God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."”
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading “"Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!”
abstaining from food
From this reading “Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"”
provide as food
From this reading “"God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."”
used in combination to denote the middle
From this reading “Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!”
possessive form of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"”
-ing form of “wend” — direct one's course or way
From this reading “Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!”
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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(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 "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
an old form of “does”
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
abstaining from food
From this reading Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!
provide as food
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
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 "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
used in combination to denote the middle
From this reading Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!
not any; not one
From this reading Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
From this reading Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
possessive form of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Come--fear ye shall have 'mid the sky's overcasting!
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
a physiological need to drink
From this reading Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
-ing form of “wend” — direct one's course or way
From this reading Come--change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading "God gives him painful bread, and for all wine Doth feed him on sharp salt of simple tears, And bitter fast of blood."
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Come--pain ye shall have and be blind to the ending!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come--no crown ye shall have for your thirst and your fasting!"
Chapter 23 of The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. (Joanna Ellen) Wood holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 23 holds 207 sentences of The Untempered Wind, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 23 of The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. (Joanna Ellen) Wood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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