Chapter 15 of "Thy kingdom come." is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of "Thy kingdom come." is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY. "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer." CHRISTMAS had come at last! A good old-fashioned one it proved. Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
Chapter 15 of "Thy kingdom come." is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading “"Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."”
give encouragement to
From this reading “"Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."”
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “CHRISTMAS had come at last!”
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading “Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.”
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading “Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.”
out of fashion
From this reading “A good old-fashioned one it proved.”
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
From this reading “"Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."”
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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share the suffering of
In this reading “"Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."”
In this reading “Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.”
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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 NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHRISTMAS had come at last!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
give encouragement to
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading CHRISTMAS had come at last!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading CHRISTMAS had come at last!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A good old-fashioned one it proved.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHRISTMAS had come at last!
an old form of “has”
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
to a considerable degree
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A good old-fashioned one it proved.
immediately past
From this reading CHRISTMAS had come at last!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
information about recent and important events
From this reading NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
out of fashion
From this reading A good old-fashioned one it proved.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A good old-fashioned one it proved.
established beyond doubt
From this reading A good old-fashioned one it proved.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale.
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Well hath she learned to sympathize with every hope and fear; Well hath she learned the sorrowing heart to brighten and to cheer."
Chapter 15 of "Thy kingdom come." by M. H. (Matilda Horsburgh) holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 15 holds 95 sentences of "Thy kingdom come.", unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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