Chapter 13 of Clementina is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Clementina is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wogan closed the window cautiously. The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill. He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door. "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?" "Yes."
Chapter 13 of Clementina is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.”
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading “Wogan closed the window cautiously.”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.”
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “"Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"”
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading “The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.”
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
From this reading “The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.”
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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 The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading Wogan closed the window cautiously.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Wogan closed the window cautiously.
placed crosswise
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wogan closed the window cautiously.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The snow had drifted through and lay melting in a heap beneath the sill.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He drew the curtain across the embrasure, and then he crossed to the bedroom door.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Wogan closed the window cautiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wogan closed the window cautiously.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jenny," he whispered, "are you in bed?"
Chapter 13 of Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 13 holds 153 sentences of Clementina, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 31 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.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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