Chapter 20 of Love and Mr. Lewisham is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Love and Mr. Lewisham is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME! Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her. His face was radiant. A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street. On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
Chapter 20 of Love and Mr. Lewisham is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
From this reading “Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.”
plural of “grain” — a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading “On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.”
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading “Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “His face was radiant.”
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading “On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.”
plural of “witness” — someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading “Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.”
plural of “worker” — a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading “A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.”
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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 a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His face was radiant.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
the act of departing
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
plural of “grain” — a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
a day on which half is free from work or duty
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His face was radiant.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading His face was radiant.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
make steady
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the steps before them lay a few grains of rice from some more public nuptials.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
plural of “witness” — someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading Then a furtive payment of witnesses, and Lewisham was beside her.
plural of “worker” — a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading A steady current of workers going home to their half-holiday rest poured along the street.
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