Chapter 9 of Over the Border: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Over the Border: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But she got no further. Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her. "There is no hurry. I did not intend to tell thee for a little while. But there is no harm done.
Chapter 9 of Over the Border: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading “But she got no further.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “But there is no harm done.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"There is no hurry.”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.”
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
From this reading “Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.”
-ing form of “realize” — be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.”
of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
From this reading “Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she got no further.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading But there is no harm done.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading But she got no further.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But she got no further.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading But there is no harm done.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "There is no hurry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is no hurry.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
a particular point in time
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
not any; not one
From this reading But she got no further.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
-ing form of “realize” — be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she got no further.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
express in words
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is no hurry.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
not propitious
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
during the time that
From this reading I did not intend to tell thee for a little while.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Realizing with sympathetic intuition that the moment was unpropitious, he stopped her.
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