Chapter 30 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires? O heart, are you great enough for love? I have heard of thorns and briers.” Tennyson. |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
Chapter 30 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “|On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.”
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading “|On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “|On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.”
a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
From this reading “|On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “|On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.”
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading “Tennyson.”
plural of “thorn” — something that causes irritation and annoyance
From this reading “I have heard of thorns and briers.””
plural of “tire” — hoop that covers a wheel
From this reading ““Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?”
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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 “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
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From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
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 heart, are you great enough for love?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading Tennyson.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |On Easter Monday, Ralph and Evereld joined the company at Liverpool.
plural of “thorn” — something that causes irritation and annoyance
From this reading I have heard of thorns and briers.”
plural of “tire” — hoop that covers a wheel
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Heart, are you great enough For a love that never tires?
Chapter 30 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel by Edna Lyall holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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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