Chapter 10 of A Twofold Life is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Twofold Life is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"How beautiful! What time do you say it?" "At eleven: when I am in bed." "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!' You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
Chapter 10 of A Twofold Life is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"How beautiful!”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “"At eleven: when I am in bed."”
a special loved one
From this reading “You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"”
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading “"In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'”
being one more than ten
From this reading “"At eleven: when I am in bed."”
yet to be or coming
From this reading “"In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'”
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading “"In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"”
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.
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In this reading “"In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'”
In this reading “"At eleven: when I am in bed."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "How beautiful!
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
a special loved one
From this reading You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What time do you say it?"
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
being one more than ten
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
yet to be or coming
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How beautiful!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What time do you say it?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
To recall to mind.
From this reading You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
express in words
From this reading What time do you say it?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "In future I shall always say, 'Pleasant dreams, Cornelia!'
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading What time do you say it?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What time do you say it?"
at the time that
From this reading "At eleven: when I am in bed."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You will remember it, won't you, my darling?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What time do you say it?"
Chapter 10 of A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Chapter 10 holds 417 sentences of A Twofold Life, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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