Chapter 2 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FOUL PLAY? The two men turned quickly round. The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds. Her arms hung down by her side. Both hands were clenched.
Chapter 2 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 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.
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading “Both hands were clenched.”
plural of “diamond” — a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.”
put on clothes
From this reading “The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “FOUL PLAY?”
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Her arms hung down by her side.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.”
with speed
From this reading “The two men turned quickly round.”
past form of “sparkle” — reflect brightly
From this reading “The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.”
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 “The two men turned quickly round.”
In this reading “Her arms hung down by her side.”
In this reading “The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Her arms hung down by her side.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both hands were clenched.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her arms hung down by her side.
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading Both hands were clenched.
plural of “diamond” — a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Her arms hung down by her side.
put on clothes
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading FOUL PLAY?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Both hands were clenched.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Her arms hung down by her side.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
the force of workers available
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
participate in games or sport
From this reading FOUL PLAY?
with speed
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Her arms hung down by her side.
past form of “sparkle” — reflect brightly
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two men turned quickly round.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both hands were clenched.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The light of the lamp fell on the black dress of the woman and sparkled on her diamonds.
Chapter 2 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) by Richard Dowling holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 2 holds 120 sentences of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3), unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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