Chapter 11 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances. There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd. Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious. All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle. This proved intensely difficult to him.
Chapter 11 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
plural of “annoyance” — the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
From this reading “The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.”
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
From this reading “There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “This proved intensely difficult to him.”
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading “This proved intensely difficult to him.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.”
established beyond doubt
From this reading “This proved intensely difficult to him.”
-ing form of “rehearse” — engage in a rehearsal
From this reading “All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.”
good at remembering
From this reading “Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious.”
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 “All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.”
In this reading “The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.”
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.
(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 All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
plural of “annoyance” — the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
in an invincible manner
From this reading Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious.
immediately past
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
established beyond doubt
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
-ing form of “rehearse” — engage in a rehearsal
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
good at remembering
From this reading Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This proved intensely difficult to him.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading All day long, too, Floyd was rehearsing his new rôle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vining was invincibly tenacious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was little opportunity for communion with Floyd.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The last days of Sheila’s presence with the company were full of annoyances.
Chapter 11 of Clipped Wings by Rupert Hughes holds 85 sentences, grouped into 17 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 11 holds 85 sentences of Clipped Wings, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Clipped Wings by Rupert Hughes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 85 sentences, grouped into 17 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 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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