Chapter 39 of Nobody is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 39 of Nobody is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE PASS. Only one incident more need be told. It is the last point in my story. The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June. It is now the middle of June.
Chapter 39 of Nobody is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a single distinct event
From this reading “Only one incident more need be told.”
lying between two extremes in time or space or state
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading “It is now the middle of June.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
bypass
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
a single distinct event
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
lying between two extremes in time or space or state
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
immediately past
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading It is now the middle of June.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It is now the middle of June.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is now the middle of June.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE PASS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
and nothing more
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
above and across; more than
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
go across or through
From this reading ON THE PASS.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
bypass
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading It is the last point in my story.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE PASS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Only one incident more need be told.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The intermediate days and months must be passed over, and we skip the interval to the summer and June.
Chapter 39 of Nobody by Susan Warner holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 39 holds 393 sentences of Nobody, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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