Chapter 12 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house. So Aaron found it. He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house. Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation. We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
Chapter 12 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading “So Aaron found it.”
serving as an essential component
From this reading “The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.”
lively and spirited
From this reading “He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.”
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading “The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.”
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading “He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.”
plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading “We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.”
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 The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading So Aaron found it.
later than; following
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
give a benediction to
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
serving as an essential component
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
lively and spirited
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
set up or found
From this reading So Aaron found it.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So Aaron found it.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
engage in
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
except for; apart from
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Aaron found it.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fresh morning air comes startling after a central heated house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We had better make up our minds what of it we want to save.
in or at the place that
From this reading He felt himself dashing up the steps into the garden like a bird dashing out of a trap where it has been caught: that warm and luxurious house.
which person or people
From this reading Heaven bless us, we who want to save civilisation.
Chapter 12 of Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 954 sentences, grouped into 191 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 12 holds 954 sentences of Aaron's Rod, unabridged, divided into 191 reading sections.
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