Chapter 5 of Ruth's Marriage in Mars: A Scientific Novel is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Ruth's Marriage in Mars: A Scientific Novel is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree. Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night. My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness. I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory. Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
Chapter 5 of Ruth's Marriage in Mars: A Scientific Novel is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.”
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.”
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading ““Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.”
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
From this reading “I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.”
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading “My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.”
the criminal class
From this reading “I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.”
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.
In this reading “Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.”
In this reading ““Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.”
In this reading “I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
a special loved one
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
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From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
immediately past
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
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 My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
not any; not one
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
be seated
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
express in words
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, but this place was about the same.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down into darkness.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
the criminal class
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
precisely as stated
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was taken to the underworld in the very depths of Purgatory.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree.
Chapter 5 of Ruth's Marriage in Mars: A Scientific Novel by Charles Wilder, Mrs. Glass holds 68 sentences, grouped into 14 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.
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