Chapter 2 of She Buildeth Her House is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of She Buildeth Her House is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?" Paula asked tensely. "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?" Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her. "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
Chapter 2 of She Buildeth Her House is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border
From this reading “"Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"”
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
From this reading “Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.”
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading “"No. I tell you he is a living coffin.”
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
From this reading “Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.”
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading “"With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"”
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
From this reading “Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.”
in a tense manner
From this reading “Paula asked tensely.”
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
From this reading “"With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"”
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retrace one's course
In this reading “"Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"”
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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 "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
(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 "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
at or in or to any place
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Paula asked tensely.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border
From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
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From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the time that has elapsed
From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paula asked tensely.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
express in words
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
in a tense manner
From this reading Paula asked tensely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading "Past all doubt, can't Bellingham turn back?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hopelessness, anywhere, was a blasting conception to her.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
From this reading "With all his worldly knowledge, and knowing his own doom, can he not turn back--far back, a lowly-organized soul, but on the human way?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "No. I tell you he is a living coffin.
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