Chapter 31 of Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 31 of Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was. Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur. The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor. "Hush--hush!" she whispered. "It is all well.
Chapter 31 of Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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covered or wrapped with a bandage
From this reading “CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.”
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.”
half asleep
From this reading “Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.”
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
From this reading “CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.”
without logical or meaningful connection
From this reading “Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.”
a rester who is sleeping
From this reading “The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.”
a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
From this reading “The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
(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 "It is all well.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
covered or wrapped with a bandage
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
half asleep
From this reading Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading "Hush--hush!" she whispered.
without logical or meaningful connection
From this reading Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is all well.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is all well.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
past form of “rouse” — become active
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
a rester who is sleeping
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
that is looked for
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading Behind her sounded a drowsy incoherent murmur.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
having come into contact
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "It is all well.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Hush--hush!" she whispered.
which person or people
From this reading CONFESSIONS A groping hand touched her arm; bandaged fingers sought to feel who she was.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor.
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