Chapter 39 of Wee Wifie is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIX
Chapter 39 of Wee Wifie is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNDER THE ROWANS. My wife, my life. O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows. Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me. TENNYSON'S _Princess_.
Chapter 39 of Wee Wifie is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
From this reading “O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.”
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading “O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.”
past form of “yoke” — become joined or linked together
From this reading “O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
(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 O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading My wife, my life.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My wife, my life.
not any; not one
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
impressive in appearance
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
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 we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading TENNYSON'S _Princess_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UNDER THE ROWANS.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TENNYSON'S _Princess_.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNDER THE ROWANS.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Indeed I love thee: come, * * * * * Lay thy sweet hands in mine and trust to me.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER THE ROWANS.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading My wife, my life.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
past form of “yoke” — become joined or linked together
From this reading O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end, And so thro' those dark gates across the wild That no man knows.
Chapter 39 of Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey holds 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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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