Chapter 28 of My Lady Nobody: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of My Lady Nobody: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering. The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still. But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless. Alive again, she must live. Her husband and her child were dead.
Chapter 28 of My Lady Nobody: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.”
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
From this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
unproductive of success
From this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
make steady
From this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
inflected form of “strive” — attempt by employing effort
From this reading “The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.”
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
From this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
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anew
In this reading “But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.”
In this reading “The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.”
In this reading “THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.”
In this reading “The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.”
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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 THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
anew
From this reading Alive again, she must live.
possessing life
From this reading Alive again, she must live.
(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 The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Her husband and her child were dead.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Her husband and her child were dead.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
divisible by two
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
unproductive of success
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Her husband and her child were dead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Alive again, she must live.
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 NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Alive again, she must live.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
on one occasion
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
be shown or be found to be
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
make steady
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
not in physical motion
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
inflected form of “strive” — attempt by employing effort
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
a state of acute pain
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
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From this reading THE NEW LIFE Ursula awoke from a long dream of suffering.
precisely as stated
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her husband and her child were dead.
during the time that
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The world was very dark all around her, and she strove to lie still.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But even while she did so she knew by the steady pulse once more swelling in her brain that the endeavor would prove fruitless.
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