Chapter 6 of Furze the Cruel 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.
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Chapter 6 of Furze the Cruel is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing. It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone. The kitchen walls were stone; so was the floor. The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone. Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
Chapter 6 of Furze the Cruel is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.”
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.”
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading “It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.”
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading “Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.”
covered with a firm surface
From this reading “The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.”
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading “ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.”
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.
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In this reading “It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.”
In this reading “ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.”
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
In this reading “The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.”
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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 It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
Having no one else present.
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading The kitchen walls were stone; so was the floor.
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
covered with a firm surface
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The kitchen walls were stone; so was the floor.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
confined on all sides
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
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From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading ABOUT THOMASINE Thomasine sat in the kitchen of Town Rising, sewing.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Beyond was the barn wall, made of blocks of cold granite.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The kitchen walls were stone; so was the floor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The kitchen walls were stone; so was the floor.
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 window looked out upon the court, and that was paved with stone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a dreary place, and she was alone and surrounded with stone.
Chapter 6 of Furze the Cruel by John Trevena holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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.
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