Chapter 18 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced. Upside down. Extraordinarily unreal. Furiously real. Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
Chapter 18 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.”
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
From this reading “Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.”
extremely
From this reading “Extraordinarily unreal.”
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
From this reading “Furiously real.”
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
From this reading “I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.”
being or thrown out of equilibrium
From this reading “I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.”
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
From this reading “Extraordinarily unreal.”
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading “Upside down.”
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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 Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
used as intensifiers
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Upside down.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
extremely
From this reading Extraordinarily unreal.
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
From this reading Furiously real.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
not any; not one
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
and nothing more
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Furiously real.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
a special situation
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
being or thrown out of equilibrium
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
From this reading Extraordinarily unreal.
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading Upside down.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Life, which had been a thing of the clock and of the calendar, became a thing of events in which there was no time,--only events.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I The enormous and imponderable world awfully unbalanced.
Chapter 18 of If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson holds 536 sentences, grouped into 108 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 18 holds 536 sentences of If Winter Comes, unabridged, divided into 108 reading sections.
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