Chapter 20 of Christina is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Christina is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL." "There was never another man in my world but Max. There never could have been another. Some women are made that way. They can only give their best once."
Chapter 20 of Christina is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “They can only give their best once."”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “They can only give their best once."”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “"There was never another man in my world but Max.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “"SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."”
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “"SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “"SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."”
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Some women are made that way.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “"There was never another man in my world but Max.”
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.
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 "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some women are made that way.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There never could have been another.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading They can only give their best once."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading They can only give their best once."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There never could have been another.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading They can only give their best once."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There never could have been another.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Some women are made that way.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
on one occasion
From this reading They can only give their best once."
and nothing more
From this reading They can only give their best once."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some women are made that way.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "SHE HAS A SWEET, STRONG SOUL."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some women are made that way.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They can only give their best once."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They can only give their best once."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Some women are made that way.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Some women are made that way.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "There was never another man in my world but Max.
Chapter 20 of Christina by L. G. (Lucy Gertrude) Moberly holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 20 holds 182 sentences of Christina, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Christina by L. G. (Lucy Gertrude) Moberly exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 20 can be played aloud in United States English.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Christina, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
