Chapter 12 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE COUSINS. Some days passed. Mistress Malvine had been buried. No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father. The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
Chapter 12 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.”
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading “The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.”
placed in a grave
From this reading “Mistress Malvine had been buried.”
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading “No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.”
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “THE COUSINS.”
command with authority
From this reading “No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.”
psychological suffering
From this reading “The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.”
heal or recover
From this reading “The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.”
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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In this reading “No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.”
In this reading “No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.”
In this reading “Some days passed.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mistress Malvine had been buried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
placed in a grave
From this reading Mistress Malvine had been buried.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading THE COUSINS.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Some days passed.
command with authority
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
psychological suffering
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mistress Malvine had been buried.
heal or recover
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
in an ineffectual manner
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mistress Malvine had been buried.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Mistress Malvine had been buried.
not any; not one
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Some days passed.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some days passed.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading No direct communication had taken place between Anthony and his father.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COUSINS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The gentle Bessie, full of distress at the breach, had done what she could to heal it; but ineffectually.
Chapter 12 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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 12 holds 355 sentences of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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