Chapter 17 of Aylwin is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Aylwin is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.' Sinfi stood silently looking at me now. Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered. IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year. Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
Chapter 17 of Aylwin is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'”
past form of “conquer” — bring under control by force or authority
From this reading “Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.”
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading “IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.”
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
From this reading “Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.”
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading “IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.”
without speaking
From this reading “Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.”
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading “IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.”
a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
From this reading “IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.”
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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 IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
of surpassing excellence
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
past form of “conquer” — bring under control by force or authority
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
divisible by two
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
above and across; more than
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Even her prodigious faith seemed conquered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
without speaking
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
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From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Sinfi stood silently looking at me now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
in the company of; together with
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sinfi would walk silently by my side.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading IV For a few days I paced with Sinfi over Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park, The weather was now unusually brilliant for the time of year.
but in spite of that
From this reading 'And yet,' said I bitterly, 'in spite of that and in spite of the Golden Hand, she is dead.'
Chapter 17 of Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 17 holds 410 sentences of Aylwin, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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