Chapter 2 of Dream Life and Real Life is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dream Life and Real Life is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She and I never spoke to each other. If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other. But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers. At last the time for my going came. I was to leave the next day.
Chapter 2 of Dream Life and Real Life is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading “But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
without speaking
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At last the time for my going came.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I was to leave the next day.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At last the time for my going came.
the act of departing
From this reading At last the time for my going came.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
and nothing more
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
immediately past
From this reading At last the time for my going came.
go away from a place
From this reading I was to leave the next day.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading I was to leave the next day.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
without speaking
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading But I thought she felt my presence in a room just as I felt hers.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading At last the time for my going came.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She and I never spoke to each other.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was to leave the next day.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
at the time that
From this reading If we met in the village street we bowed and passed on; when we shook hands we did so silently, and did not look at each other.
Chapter 2 of Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schreiner holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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