Chapter 4 of Limbo is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Limbo is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Pray I ask, may . Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause. The doctor turned to the nurse.
Chapter 4 of Limbo is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Pray I ask, may .”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “The doctor turned to the nurse.”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “The doctor turned to the nurse.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “"Pray I ask, may .”
-ing form of “realize” — be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.”
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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 Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Pray I ask, may .
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor turned to the nurse.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Pray I ask, may .
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Pray I ask, may .
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading The doctor turned to the nurse.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading "Pray I ask, may .
-ing form of “realize” — be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor turned to the nurse.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The doctor turned to the nurse.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Then, realizing that something had gone wrong, he hesitated, stammered, and came to a pause.
Chapter 4 of Limbo by Aldous Huxley holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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 4 holds 392 sentences of Limbo, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Limbo by Aldous Huxley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 392 sentences, grouped into 79 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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