Chapter 8 of My Austrian Love is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of My Austrian Love is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room. I knocked. "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know. I gave my name. There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
Chapter 8 of My Austrian Love is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
From this reading “The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “I knocked.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
look furtively
From this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
From this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
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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a room in which you can change clothes
In this reading “The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.”
In this reading “The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.”
In this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
In this reading “The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
In this reading “There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.”
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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 "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
divisible by two
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I gave my name.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knocked.
in a dim indistinct manner
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading I knocked.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
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From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I gave my name.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I gave my name.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
look furtively
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
cut with a saw
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next minute saw me at the door of Mitzi's dressing room.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
From this reading There was some whispering inside which I could indistinctly perceive through the door, and then a woman came out, opening the door so little that I could not even have a peep at the inside.
which person or people
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Who is it?" asked a voice, not Mitzi's, but that of a woman I did not know.
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