Chapter 19 of Eris is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Eris is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable. Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant. Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s. Wild birds sang in every street. Washington was President.
Chapter 19 of Eris is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
pleasant-smelling
From this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.”
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
From this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “Washington was President.”
plural of “recess” — a state of abeyance or suspended business
From this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading “The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.”
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading “Washington was President.”
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 “Wild birds sang in every street.”
In this reading “Wild birds sang in every street.”
In this reading “The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.”
In this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
pleasant-smelling
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
on one occasion
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading Washington was President.
plural of “recess” — a state of abeyance or suspended business
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading Washington was President.
at the time that
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
Chapter 19 of Eris by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 19 holds 177 sentences of Eris, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Eris by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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