Chapter 6 of A Bit O' Love is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of A Bit O' Love is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame. Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.] STRANGWAY. [To himself] Gone! What is there, now?
Chapter 6 of A Bit O' Love is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
understanding with difficulty
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading “Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]”
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]”
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “[STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
destroyed or killed
From this reading [To himself] Gone!
understanding with difficulty
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading [To himself] Gone!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is there, now?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading What is there, now?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
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From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
in or at that place or location
From this reading What is there, now?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is there, now?
in or at the place that
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading [STRANGWAY crosses the room to where his wife's picture hangs, and stands before it, his hands grasping the frame.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Then he takes it from the wall, and lays it face upwards on the window seat.]
Chapter 6 of A Bit O' Love by John Galsworthy holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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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