In Pawn

Chapter XXI

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Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

Her next was to look at her watch.

She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

For a few moments she could not grasp why she felt so, and then she suddenly realized that her cheer of mind was due to the fact that Freeman, for the only time in years, was not a threatening menace, but absolutely under her control.

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In Pawn Ellis Parker Butler

Chapter XXI

Chapter 21 of In Pawn is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone. Her next was to look at her watch. She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed. For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant. For a few moments she could not grasp why she felt so, and then she suddenly realized that her cheer of mind was due to the fact that Freeman, for the only time in years, was not a threatening menace, but absolutely under her control.

In Pawn

Chapter XXI

Chapter 21 of In Pawn is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

Line 2

Her next was to look at her watch.

/hɜːr nekst wɑːz tuː lʊk æt hɜːr wɑːtʃ/

Line 3

She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

/ʃiː felt ʃiː mʌst hæv slept ənˈtɪl ˈmɪddeɪ soʊ ˈdɪfərənt wɑːz hɜːr ˈfɪzɪkəl ənd ˈmentəl kənˈdɪʃən ðæn wen ʃiː hæd θroʊn hərˈself ɑːn ðə bed/

Line 4

For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

/fɔːr sʌm kwaɪt ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl ˈriːzən ʃiː felt trəˈmendəsli strɔːŋ ənd ˈbɔɪənt/

Line 5

/fɔːr ə fjuː ˈmoʊmənts ʃiː kʊd nɑːt ɡræsp waɪ ʃiː felt soʊ ənd ðen ʃiː ˈsʌdənli ˈriːəlaɪzd ðæt hɜːr tʃɪr ʌv maɪnd wɑːz duː tuː ðə fækt ðæt ˈfriːmən fɔːr ðə ˈoʊnli taɪm ɪn jɪrz wɑːz nɑːt ə ˈθretənɪŋ ˈmenəs bʌt ˌæbsəˈluːtli ˈʌndər hɜːr kənˈtroʊl/

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awakening noun US /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/

the act of waking

From this reading “Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.”

buoyant adjective US /ˈbɔɪənt/

tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

From this reading “For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.”

Freeman noun US /ˈfriːmən/

a person who is not a serf or a slave

From this reading “For a few moments she could not grasp why she felt so, and then she suddenly realized that her cheer of mind was due to the fact that Freeman, for the only time in years, was not a threatening menace, but absolutely under her control.”

Lem noun US /lem/

a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back

From this reading “Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.”

menace verb US /ˈmenəs/

pose a threat to; present a danger to

midday noun US /ˈmɪddeɪ/

the middle of the day

From this reading “She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.”

tremendously adverb US /trəˈmendəsli/

extremely

From this reading “For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.”

unaccountable adjective US /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl/

not to be accounted for or explained

From this reading “For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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mental condition adjective + noun

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic

In this reading “She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.”

unaccountable reason adjective + noun

In this reading “For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.”

few moments adjective + noun counted as “few moment”

In this reading “For a few moments she could not grasp why she felt so, and then she suddenly realized that her cheer of mind was due to the fact that Freeman, for the only time in years, was not a threatening menace, but absolutely under her control.”

suddenly realized adverb + adjective

look at verb + particle

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

In this reading “Her next was to look at her watch.”

on the bed preposition + article + noun counted as “on … bed”

In this reading “She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.”

act on verb + particle

carry further or advance

In this reading “Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.”

look for verb + particle

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

In this reading “Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading For a few moments she could not grasp why she felt so, and then she suddenly realized that her cheer of mind was due to the fact that Freeman, for the only time in years, was not a threatening menace, but absolutely under her control.

absolutelyadverbUS /ˌæbsəˈluːtli/

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

actverbUS /ækt/

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Her next was to look at her watch.

awakeningnounUS /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/

the act of waking

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

bednounUS /bed/

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

boynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

buoyantadjectiveUS /ˈbɔɪənt/

tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

cheerverbUS /tʃɪr/

give encouragement to

conditionnounUS /kənˈdɪʃən/

a state at a particular time

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

controlnounUS /kənˈtroʊl/

power to direct or determine

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

differentadjectiveUS /ˈdɪfərənt/

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

dueadjectiveUS /duː/

owed and payable immediately or on demand

expectedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspektəd/

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

factnounUS /fækt/

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

feltverbUS /felt/

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

FreemannounUS /ˈfriːmən/

a person who is not a serf or a slave

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

graspverbUS /ɡræsp/

hold firmly

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

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From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Her next was to look at her watch.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

LemnounUS /lem/

a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

menaceverbUS /ˈmenəs/

pose a threat to; present a danger to

mentaladjectiveUS /ˈmentəl/

involving the mind or an intellectual process

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

middaynounUS /ˈmɪddeɪ/

the middle of the day

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

momentsnounUS /ˈmoʊmənts/

plural of “moment” — a particular point in time

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Her next was to look at her watch.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

physicaladjectiveUS /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

quiteadverbUS /kwaɪt/

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

realizedadjectiveUS /ˈriːəlaɪzd/

successfully completed or brought to an end

reasonnounUS /ˈriːzən/

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

sleptverbUS /slept/

inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

strongadjectiveUS /strɔːŋ/

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

suddenlyadverbUS /ˈsʌdənli/

happening unexpectedly

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

threateningadjectiveUS /ˈθretənɪŋ/

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

thrownadjectiveUS /θroʊn/

caused to fall to the ground

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

tremendouslyadverbUS /trəˈmendəsli/

extremely

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

unaccountableadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl/

not to be accounted for or explained

From this reading For some quite unaccountable reason she felt tremendously strong and buoyant.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Henrietta's first act on awakening was to look for Lem and, as she might have expected, the boy was gone.

watchverbUS /wɑːtʃ/

look attentively

From this reading Her next was to look at her watch.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading She felt she must have slept until midday, so different was her physical and mental condition than when she had thrown herself on the bed.

whynounUS /waɪ/

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

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