Chapter 2 of Their Wedding Journey is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Their Wedding Journey is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life. Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears. She seemed a very religious person." "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out. But then you are to have the franchise."
Chapter 2 of Their Wedding Journey is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
From this reading “"Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “"O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.”
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading “"O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.”
an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
From this reading “But then you are to have the franchise."”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “"Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.”
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading “She seemed a very religious person."”
get rid of
From this reading “Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.”
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading “"O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.”
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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 "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
the act of departing
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
not any; not one
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
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 no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
a human being
From this reading She seemed a very religious person."
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading She seemed a very religious person."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She seemed a very religious person."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
get rid of
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
precisely as stated
From this reading "O no! she spoke very calmly of her sickness, and said she had lived a blessed life.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps it was that made me shed those few small tears.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," said Basil, "it is almost a pity that religion is going out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But then you are to have the franchise."
Chapter 2 of Their Wedding Journey by William Dean Howells holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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