Chapter 23 of A Woman's War: A Novel is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of A Woman's War: A Novel is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Daddy, my head, my head!” “Lie quiet, little one. Hold her hands, Kate. Drink it all down, Gwen.” “I can’t!
Chapter 23 of A Woman's War: A Novel is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““Daddy, my head, my head!””
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Drink it all down, Gwen.””
take in liquids
From this reading “Drink it all down, Gwen.””
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Hold her hands, Kate.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading ““Daddy, my head, my head!””
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Hold her hands, Kate.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading ““Lie quiet, little one.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading ““Lie quiet, little one.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Lie quiet, little one.”
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(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 Drink it all down, Gwen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t!
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Daddy, my head, my head!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Drink it all down, Gwen.”
take in liquids
From this reading Drink it all down, Gwen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Drink it all down, Gwen.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Hold her hands, Kate.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Daddy, my head, my head!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hold her hands, Kate.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Hold her hands, Kate.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Drink it all down, Gwen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hold her hands, Kate.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Lie quiet, little one.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Lie quiet, little one.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Daddy, my head, my head!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Lie quiet, little one.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “Lie quiet, little one.
Chapter 23 of A Woman's War: A Novel by Warwick Deeping holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 23 holds 121 sentences of A Woman's War: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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