Chapter 16 of Love is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Love is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Grandmother?’ ‘A whacking boy. The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’ XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning. She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
Chapter 16 of Love is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “‘Grandmother?’”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.”
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
From this reading “‘A whacking boy.”
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.
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In this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
be restored
In this reading “She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’”
In this reading “XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.”
In this reading “She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.”
In this reading “The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’”
In this reading “The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’”
In this reading “She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘A whacking boy.
(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 She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
a youthful male person
From this reading ‘A whacking boy.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
opinion or judgment
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading ‘Grandmother?’
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
in or at or to some place
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
precisely as stated
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She seemed to have come back from somewhere very far away, and it had been difficult, so difficult to come back at all, and she was tired out with the effort.
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
From this reading ‘A whacking boy.
at the time that
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The biggest I’ve brought into the world for a long time.’
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
From this reading XVIII When Virginia recovered consciousness she lay for some time with her eyes shut, frowning.
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