Chapter 10 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine. Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm: "We must go now, we have an errand we must do. Come along, Janet." She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
Chapter 10 of The Windy Hill is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading “"We must go now, we have an errand we must do.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.”
insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
From this reading “She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.”
become covered with mist
From this reading “A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.”
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading “Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:”
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
From this reading “A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.”
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading “A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.”
in a wistful manner
From this reading “She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.”
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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In this reading “She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.”
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading “Come along, Janet."”
In this reading “Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:”
look towards one's back
In this reading “She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.”
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 A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Come along, Janet."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come along, Janet."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come along, Janet."
insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
held up in the air
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
become covered with mist
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
in motion
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
the rays of the sun
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We must go now, we have an errand we must do.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
in a wistful manner
From this reading She rose to go with him but looked back wistfully several times as she went, with lagging feet, down the hill.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A MAN OF STRAW The shower had lifted and was moving away down the valley, a gray mist of rain with a slowly following flood of sunshine.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Oliver got up and said without enthusiasm:
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