Chapter 16 of Young Folks' History of England is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Young Folks' History of England is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH. A.D. 1413--1423. The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts. He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
Chapter 16 of Young Folks' History of England is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bishop” — a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
deeply religious
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
every person
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
in a free manner
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.”
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From this reading 1413--1423.
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From this reading 1413--1423.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A.D.
(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 He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
plural of “bishop” — a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading A.D.
deeply religious
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
every person
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
in a free manner
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
the act of departing
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
held dear
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
engage in
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
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From this reading HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
the words that are spoken
From this reading He was devout in going to church, tried to make good Bishops, gave freely to the poor, and was so kindly, and hearty, and merry in all his words and ways, that everyone loved him.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The young King Henry was full of high, good thoughts.
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