Chapter 13 of Trial and Triumph is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Trial and Triumph is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grandmother Harcourt was failing. Annette was rising towards life's summit. Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale. The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay. Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
Chapter 13 of Trial and Triumph is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.”
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “Grandmother Harcourt was failing.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Grandmother Harcourt was failing.”
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Annette was rising towards life's summit.”
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.”
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
From this reading “Annette was rising towards life's summit.”
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.”
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 Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annette was rising towards life's summit.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
terminate
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.
a flaw or weak point
From this reading Grandmother Harcourt was failing.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Grandmother Harcourt was failing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grandmother Harcourt was failing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Annette was rising towards life's summit.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading Annette was rising towards life's summit.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
From this reading Annette was rising towards life's summit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.
in the direction of
From this reading Annette was rising towards life's summit.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Her grandmother was sinking to death's vale.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The hours are rifting day by day Strength from the walls of living clay.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Grandmother Harcourt was failing.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
which person or people
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her two children who were living in A.P. wished her to break up her home and come and live with them.
Chapter 13 of Trial and Triumph by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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