Chapter 5 of Love is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Love is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher. Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light. She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
Chapter 5 of Love is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading “‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.”
the act of gathering something together
From this reading “She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.”
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading “‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.”
seek information from
In this reading “She opened her eyes and looked up at him.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading ‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.
the act of gathering something together
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading ‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
not in physical motion
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She stared at him an instant, still held in his arms, collecting her thoughts.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was gazing down at her--beautiful, all light.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Through her dream she heard him murmuring, and it woke her up to consciousness.
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading ‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I worship you,’ murmured Christopher.
Chapter 5 of Love by Elizabeth Von Arnim holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 423 sentences of Love, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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