Chapter 4 of Hermia Suydam is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Hermia Suydam is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE. Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence. In other words she wrote. Not prose. She had neither the patience nor the desire.
Chapter 4 of Hermia Suydam is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading “Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.”
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading “Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.”
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading “IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.”
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading “Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “She had neither the patience nor the desire.”
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading “Not prose.”
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
From this reading “Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.”
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading “Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.”
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 “In other words she wrote.”
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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 Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading She had neither the patience nor the desire.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
set up or found
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had neither the patience nor the desire.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
absolutely essential
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She had neither the patience nor the desire.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She had neither the patience nor the desire.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not prose.
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading In other words she wrote.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading She had neither the patience nor the desire.
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading Not prose.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE GREEN ROOM OF LITERATURE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Hermia’s imagination in its turn demanded a safety-valve; she found it necessary, occasionally, to put her dreams into substance and sequence.
the words that are spoken
From this reading In other words she wrote.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading In other words she wrote.
Chapter 4 of Hermia Suydam by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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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