Chapter 9 of Virginia Dare is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Virginia Dare is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“O the long and dreary winter! O the cold and cruel winter! Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.” LONGFELLOW. The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
Chapter 9 of Virginia Dare is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “O the cold and cruel winter!”
comparative of “deeply” — to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading “Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.””
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading ““O the long and dreary winter!”
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.””
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading “Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.””
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
From this reading “LONGFELLOW.”
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.””
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading “The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.”
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In this reading “The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.”
In this reading ““O the long and dreary winter!”
In this reading “The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.”
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later than; following
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading O the cold and cruel winter!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading O the cold and cruel winter!
comparative of “deeply” — to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
at any time
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
From this reading LONGFELLOW.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
throughout a period of time
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Ever thicker, thicker, thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the snow o’er all the landscape.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
which person or people
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “O the long and dreary winter!
a late time of life
From this reading The winter after Virginia was seven years old was one which could never be forgotten by those who lived through it.
Chapter 9 of Virginia Dare by E. A. B. Shackleford 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.
Chapter 9 holds 106 sentences of Virginia Dare, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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