Chapter 1 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
| | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped. Published August, 1921.
Chapter 1 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “| | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “| | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
possessive form of “simon” — one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
From this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading “| | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
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.
In this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
set up or found
In this reading “| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Published August, 1921.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading Published August, 1921.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Published August, 1921.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
possessive form of “simon” — one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document.
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The Pool of Stars Master Simon's Garden The Steadfast Princess The Kingdom of the Winding Road Set up and electrotyped.
Chapter 1 of The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 1 holds 221 sentences of The Windy Hill, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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