Chapter 34 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 2491 sentences across 499 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 34 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 2491 sentences across 499 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(IRMA'S JOURNAL.) Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead? For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock. I have solved the problem. I am working.
Chapter 34 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 2491 sentences across 499 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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towards the shore from the water
From this reading “Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?”
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
-ing form of “hover” — be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading “(IRMA'S JOURNAL.)”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “I have solved the problem.”
explained or answered
From this reading “I have solved the problem.”
not solved
From this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
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In this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
In this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
continue to live and avoid dying
In this reading “Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?”
In this reading “For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
for the reason that
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
put or send forth
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have solved the problem.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
-ing form of “hover” — be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
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From this reading (IRMA'S JOURNAL.)
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading (IRMA'S JOURNAL.)
and nothing more
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
a particular point in time
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading I have solved the problem.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
explained or answered
From this reading I have solved the problem.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
not solved
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Cast ashore--what is there left me, but to live on, because I am not dead?
at the time that
From this reading For days and nights, this unsolved question kept me, as it were, hovering between heaven and earth, just as it was in the terrible moment when I glided down from the rock.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading I am working.
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