Chapter 13 of What Norman Saw in the West is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of What Norman Saw in the West is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PICNIC. A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ... To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ... With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room. CAROLINE BOWLES.
Chapter 13 of What Norman Saw in the West is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expected hopefully
From this reading “A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...”
third-person singular of “bowl” — roll (a ball)
From this reading “CAROLINE BOWLES.”
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading “CAROLINE BOWLES.”
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading “To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...”
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
From this reading “To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...”
full of or producing joy
From this reading “A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...”
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading “THE PICNIC.”
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
From this reading “A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...”
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.
In this reading “To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
(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 To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
expected hopefully
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
a feeling of craving something
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
third-person singular of “bowl” — roll (a ball)
From this reading CAROLINE BOWLES.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading CAROLINE BOWLES.
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
a feeling of extreme joy
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
full of or producing joy
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading THE PICNIC.
chosen in preference to another
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PICNIC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With joyous exultation, guests were led To our green banquet-room.
in or at the place that
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading To spread that table in the wilderness; The spot selected with deliberate care, Fastidious from variety of choice, Where all was beautiful ...
in the company of; together with
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
From this reading A joyful hour! anticipated keen, With zest of youthful appetite ...
Chapter 13 of What Norman Saw in the West by Julia M. (Julia Matilda) Olin holds 40 sentences, grouped into 8 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 13 holds 40 sentences of What Norman Saw in the West, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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