Chapter 9 of Bliss, and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Bliss, and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend. Come again soon.” Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning. Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling. Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
Chapter 9 of Bliss, and Other Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading “Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.”
the overhead upper surface of a covered space
From this reading “Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.”
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading “Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.”
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
past form of “smell” — inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
From this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
From this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
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 “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
In this reading “Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.”
In this reading “At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.”
a conventional expression of farewell
In this reading “At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.”
In this reading “Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.”
In this reading “Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.”
In this reading “Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.”
In this reading “Come again soon.””
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 Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
anew
From this reading Come again soon.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
the framework of a bed
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
the overhead upper surface of a covered space
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come again soon.”
being one more than seven
From this reading Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
according to the clock
From this reading Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Pictures Eight o’clock in the morning.
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
past form of “smell” — inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
in the near future
From this reading Come again soon.”
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her room, a Bloomsbury top-floor back, smelled of soot and face powder and the paper of fried potatoes she brought in for supper the night before.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading At the end she wrote: “Good night, my friend.
Chapter 9 of Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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