Chapter 10 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom. THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice. What would she do to get rid of vermin? THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp. Kills, they say.
Chapter 10 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an established custom
From this reading “SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.”
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading “Kills, they say.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp.”
plural of “louse” — wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
From this reading “THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.”
relieve from
From this reading “What would she do to get rid of vermin?”
a room in which things are stored
From this reading “SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.”
an irritating or obnoxious person
From this reading “What would she do to get rid of vermin?”
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do away with
In this reading “What would she do to get rid of vermin?”
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From this reading THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
an established custom
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading Kills, they say.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp.
plural of “louse” — wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp.
relieve from
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
express in words
From this reading Kills, they say.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
a room in which things are stored
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THEODOSIA: Coal-oil out of the lamp.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Kills, they say.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading THIRD VOICE: Thank God she hasn’t got lice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
an irritating or obnoxious person
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading SECOND VOICE: The habit of the locked storeroom.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would she do to get rid of vermin?
Chapter 10 of My heart and my flesh by Elizabeth Madox Roberts holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 430 sentences of My heart and my flesh, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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