Chapter 3 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan." "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man." "Nevertheless, you'll have to speak to him." "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed. "O son of a harlot!"
Chapter 3 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States mythologist (1904-1987)
From this reading “"Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “"Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."”
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
From this reading “"O son of a harlot!"”
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading “"_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “"_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.”
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading “"Nevertheless, you'll have to speak to him."”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “"Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “"You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
United States mythologist (1904-1987)
From this reading "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
From this reading "O son of a harlot!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Nevertheless, you'll have to speak to him."
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading "_A mhic mheirdrighe!_" Her mouth hissed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading "Nevertheless, you'll have to speak to him."
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading "Alan Campbell is a hard Northern man."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O son of a harlot!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O son of a harlot!"
a male human offspring
From this reading "O son of a harlot!"
express in speech
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'll have to speak to my Uncle Alan."
Chapter 3 of The Wind Bloweth by Donn Byrne holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 410 sentences of The Wind Bloweth, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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