Chapter 23 of Mary Olivier: a Life is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of Mary Olivier: a Life is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They were gone. XXVIII I. She lay out on the moor, under the August sun. Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes. When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
Chapter 23 of Mary Olivier: a Life is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.”
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading “Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.”
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading “When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.”
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading “When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.”
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading “She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.”
a light shade of red
From this reading “When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.”
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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 Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They were gone.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading XXVIII I.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
held up in the air
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
above and across; more than
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
a light shade of red
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were gone.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She lay out on the moor, under the August sun.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were gone.
at the time that
From this reading When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
From this reading XXVIII I.
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