Chapter 21 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 517 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 517 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie. One o'clock. This war! He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning. There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
Chapter 21 of If Winter Comes is here in full — 517 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.”
totally unlikely
From this reading “He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.”
according to the clock
From this reading “One o'clock.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.”
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading “I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “This war!”
look attentively
From this reading “There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.”
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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 He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
anew
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
divisible by two
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
totally unlikely
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
and nothing more
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
according to the clock
From this reading One o'clock.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One o'clock.
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This war!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading This war!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
look attentively
From this reading There was nothing to be done, he had said; just watch her.
in or at the place that
From this reading I He was alone in the room where Mrs. Perch lay,--not even Effie.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had thought to shut it away for a night, and here was the inconceivable occupation to which it had brought him: alone in here-- The doctor had been and was coming again in the morning.
Chapter 21 of If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson holds 517 sentences, grouped into 104 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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