Chapter 4 of Whom the Gods Destroyed is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Whom the Gods Destroyed is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed. "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me! Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life! Send me home!" There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
Chapter 4 of Whom the Gods Destroyed is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a supporter who accepts something as true
From this reading “Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!”
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “"O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.”
the stealing of cattle
From this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!”
very small
From this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
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.
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In this reading “There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.”
a woman who is old
In this reading “"Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!”
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “"Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!”
In this reading “"O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.”
In this reading “"O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.”
become extinct
In this reading “"Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!”
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 "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
(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 Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
a supporter who accepts something as true
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
dearly loved
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
and nothing more
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
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 Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
the stealing of cattle
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Send me home!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
being ten more than fifty
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
very small
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Sixty two, Lord, an' a believer all my life!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a little rustling noise in the tree near the tiny clearing just before her; a low, soft heavenly sound.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "O Lord, O dear Lord, show me the way home!" she prayed.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Let me die at home, Lord; don't let me die out here--a poor old woman like me!
Chapter 4 of Whom the Gods Destroyed by Josephine Daskam Bacon holds 456 sentences, grouped into 92 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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