Chapter 28 of A quiet valley is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of A quiet valley is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WARFARE. FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict. Nothing outside mattered much. She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done. But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
Chapter 28 of A quiet valley is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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English lyric poet (1887-1915)
From this reading “FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
plural of “errand” — a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
the work of cleaning and running a house
From this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
in a listless manner
From this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
past form of “matter” — have weight; have import, carry weight
From this reading “Nothing outside mattered much.”
past form of “mend” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “WARFARE.”
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In this reading “FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.”
In this reading “She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.”
In this reading “FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.”
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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 FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
(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 But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
any thing at all
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
English lyric poet (1887-1915)
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
plural of “errand” — a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
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From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
the work of cleaning and running a house
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
in a listless manner
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
past form of “matter” — have weight; have import, carry weight
From this reading Nothing outside mattered much.
past form of “mend” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Nothing outside mattered much.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing outside mattered much.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Nothing outside mattered much.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
have in common
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading WARFARE.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FOR nearly thirty hours Marian Brooke was in the thick of a conflict.
doomed to extinction
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She came and went listlessly, took her share in housework, ran little errands for Hannah, mended, darned, washed-up—did anything that had to be done.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But her heart and her thoughts were out of it all.
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