Chapter 15 of Twilight Land is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Twilight Land is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh! The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.” “How did you get it?” said the first beggar. “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar. “A dead branch!!”
Chapter 15 of Twilight Land is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 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.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading ““I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading ““How did you get it?” said the first beggar.”
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading “The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.””
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading ““I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.”
lacking funds
From this reading ““I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading ““I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading ““I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
anew
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
lacking funds
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
and nothing more
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I just broke a dead branch off of the willow-tree and drew my hat ashore,” said the second beggar.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind blew it off into the water, but I got it again.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How did you get it?” said the first beggar.
Chapter 15 of Twilight Land by Howard Pyle holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 179 sentences of Twilight Land, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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