Chapter 4 of Waysiders, Stories of Connacht is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Waysiders, Stories of Connacht is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That night I lay behind a certain ditch. The moon shone on the nape of my neck. The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers. I groped for the gun. The queerest feeling came over me.
Chapter 4 of Waysiders, Stories of Connacht is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading “The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.”
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading “"That night I lay behind a certain ditch.”
past form of “grope” — feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading “I groped for the gun.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “I groped for the gun.”
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading “The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.”
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.”
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “The moon shone on the nape of my neck.”
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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 "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The queerest feeling came over me.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading The queerest feeling came over me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I groped for the gun.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
past form of “grope” — feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading I groped for the gun.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading I groped for the gun.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
the back side of the neck
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
above and across; more than
From this reading The queerest feeling came over me.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
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From this reading The queerest feeling came over me.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That night I lay behind a certain ditch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The moon shone on the nape of my neck.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The good landlord passed me by on the road, he and his good wife, chattering and happy as a pair of lovers.
Chapter 4 of Waysiders, Stories of Connacht by Seumas O'Kelly holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 4 holds 446 sentences of Waysiders, Stories of Connacht, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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