Chapter 6 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind; The gains of science, gifts of art; The sense of oneness with our kind; The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent: These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
Chapter 6 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading “The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:”
plural of “gain” — a quantity that is added
From this reading “The gains of science, gifts of art;”
plural of “gift” — something acquired without compensation
From this reading “The gains of science, gifts of art;”
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
From this reading “The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:”
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
From this reading ““The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;”
the quality of being united into one
From this reading “The sense of oneness with our kind;”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading The gains of science, gifts of art;
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
a boy or man
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
plural of “gain” — a quantity that is added
From this reading The gains of science, gifts of art;
plural of “gift” — something acquired without compensation
From this reading The gains of science, gifts of art;
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading The sense of oneness with our kind;
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
the quality of being united into one
From this reading The sense of oneness with our kind;
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The sense of oneness with our kind;
possessing material wealth
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading The gains of science, gifts of art;
a general conscious awareness
From this reading The sense of oneness with our kind;
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading These are the goods in life’s rich hand, The things that are more excellent.”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading The thirst to know and understand-- A large and liberal discontent:
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The grace of friendship--mind and heart, Linked with their fellow heart and mind;
Chapter 6 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel by Edna Lyall holds 178 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 6 holds 178 sentences of Wayfaring Men: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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