Chapter 40 of There was a King in Egypt is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of There was a King in Egypt is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing: "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
Chapter 40 of There was a King in Egypt is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “april” — the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “"Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.”
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “"Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
deliver by singing
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:”
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possessive form of “april” — the month following March and preceding May
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
deliver by singing
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, to be in England Now that April's there.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
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From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
at the time that
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Their wedding-day was the sort of day which made Browning, when he lived in Florence, sing:
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