Chapter 26 of Yr Ynys Unyg is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Yr Ynys Unyg is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But not a minute did I stay there. We must be up and doing. Despair made us calm and cool. Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution. How my heart was wrung with those cries.
Chapter 26 of Yr Ynys Unyg is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make calm or still
From this reading “Despair made us calm and cool.”
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
From this reading “Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “Despair made us calm and cool.”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “How my heart was wrung with those cries.”
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.”
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading “Despair made us calm and cool.”
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading “Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.”
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading “How my heart was wrung with those cries.”
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 But not a minute did I stay there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must be up and doing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We must be up and doing.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
make calm or still
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading We must be up and doing.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must be up and doing.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But not a minute did I stay there.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everything seemed to depend on our judgment and caution.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We must be up and doing.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Despair made us calm and cool.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must be up and doing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading How my heart was wrung with those cries.
Chapter 26 of Yr Ynys Unyg by Julia de Winton holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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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