Chapter 5 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone. Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom. “Hurrah! We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice. “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
Chapter 5 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any specific behavior
From this reading “Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.”
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.”
a teeming multitude
From this reading “Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.”
a victory cheer
From this reading ““Hurrah!”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.”
plural of “super” — a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
From this reading “We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.”
plural of “swarm” — a moving crowd
From this reading “HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.”
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading “Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.”
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 ““I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.””
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.”
In this reading “HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.”
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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 HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
any specific behavior
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
in the past
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
a shed containing a number of beehives
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
the act of departing
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
destroyed or killed
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
a teeming multitude
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
on one occasion
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
above and across; more than
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
plural of “super” — a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
plural of “swarm” — a moving crowd
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
moving very fast
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I believe we ought to have had them on several days ago.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must put on the supers at once,” cried Alice.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading HONEY AND SWARMS The sullen listlessness that had hung over the apiary for over a week was gone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Bees were at work from every hive, coming and going with a swift activity like the days of the willow bloom.
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