Chapter 3 of An Unknown Lover is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of An Unknown Lover is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet. "You are talking nonsense, my dear. Come upstairs! You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down. I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
Chapter 3 of An Unknown Lover is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.”
put on clothes
From this reading “I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “"You are talking nonsense, my dear.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “"You are talking nonsense, my dear.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.”
on a floor above
From this reading “Come upstairs!”
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 “"You are talking nonsense, my dear.”
the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
In this reading “Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.”
In this reading “Come upstairs!”
In this reading “You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come upstairs!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
dearly loved
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
put on clothes
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Katrine pushed back her chair, and rose to her feet.
up to a particular time
From this reading I'll give you a book, and you can sleep or read until it's time to dress.
on a floor above
From this reading Come upstairs!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are talking nonsense, my dear.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look tired to death, and your hair is coming down.
Chapter 3 of An Unknown Lover by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 3 holds 401 sentences of An Unknown Lover, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of An Unknown Lover by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
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