Chapter 9 of Rahab is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Rahab is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
--People do not dream this way. I was not alive then. This is a costume comedy with pretty airs. Romantic ... means false, in time and in place. Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
Chapter 9 of Rahab is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
affected manners intended to impress others
From this reading “This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.”
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
From this reading “This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.”
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.”
in an insincerely false manner
From this reading “Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.”
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading “Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
affected manners intended to impress others
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
possessing life
From this reading I was not alive then.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
in an insincerely false manner
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was not alive then.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I was not alive then.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Romantic ... means false, in time and in place.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not alive then.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading --People do not dream this way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading This is a costume comedy with pretty airs.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Fanny struggled now against a world falsely remembered.--This is not true, not yours.
Chapter 9 of Rahab by Waldo David Frank holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 9 holds 433 sentences of Rahab, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Rahab by Waldo David Frank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 433 sentences, grouped into 87 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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