Chapter 9 of Invisible Links is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Invisible Links is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There they had lain in a thicket. They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed. Never a thought of the past! Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child. In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
Chapter 9 of Invisible Links is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.”
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading “They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.”
inflected form of “lie” — be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “There they had lain in a thicket.”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.”
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
From this reading “In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.”
filled with satisfaction
From this reading “Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.”
a dense growth of bushes
From this reading “There they had lain in a thicket.”
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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 There they had lain in a thicket.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
inflected form of “lie” — be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never a thought of the past!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Never a thought of the past!
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Never a thought of the past!
(of games) engaged in
From this reading They had eaten and drunk, played and laughed.
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Never a thought of the past!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
a dense growth of bushes
From this reading There they had lain in a thicket.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Never a thought of the past!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Conscience was as silent as a satisfied child.
at the time that
From this reading In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
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 In the beginning, when her first husband had slunk half drunk by her window, she had felt a prick in her soul.
Chapter 9 of Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 9 holds 430 sentences of Invisible Links, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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