Chapter 32 of By the Light of the Soul: A Novel is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of By the Light of the Soul: A Novel is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do. She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears. She never spoke of the new principal. She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes. She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
Chapter 32 of By the Light of the Soul: A Novel is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with care and persistence
From this reading “She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.”
plural of “class” — a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.”
plural of “confidence” — freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.”
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.”
to an extreme degree
From this reading “She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.”
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading “She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.”
cause to run
From this reading “She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.”
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.”
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commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
(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 She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
with care and persistence
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
plural of “class” — a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
plural of “confidence” — freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
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From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
to an extreme degree
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She never spoke of the new principal.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading She never spoke of the new principal.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She never spoke of the new principal.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
cause to run
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading She never spoke of the new principal.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading She did not pour her confidences into her sister's ears.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She never spoke of the new principal.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She studied assiduously, and stood exceedingly well in all her classes.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Evelyn, as the weeks went on, did not talk as much as she had been accustomed to do.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had never taken so much pains with her pretty costumes.
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