Chapter 5 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking. The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was. Viola had become my mistress. She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity. The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
Chapter 5 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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serving or used in place of another
From this reading “She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.”
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading “THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.”
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading “She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.”
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading “She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.”
any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
From this reading “Viola had become my mistress.”
any one of a set, it does not matter which
From this reading “The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.”
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.
serving or used in place of another
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Viola had become my mistress.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Viola had become my mistress.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The picture had brought us together, it held us together.
any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
From this reading Viola had become my mistress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
any one of a set, it does not matter which
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading She had resolutely refused to be my wife, and the alternative had followed of necessity.
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 THE CALL OF THE CUCKOO I stood looking through the window of my studio thinking.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading The worst had happened, or the best, whichever it was.
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