Chapter 16 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VERDICT. It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh. The air of it was cool without being cold. After all, was it a strange room? Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
Chapter 16 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “The air of it was cool without being cold.”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “The air of it was cool without being cold.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “The air of it was cool without being cold.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading “It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.”
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading “THE VERDICT.”
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 It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
later than; following
From this reading After all, was it a strange room?
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
(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 After all, was it a strange room?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Had he not seen it, or something like it, before!
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VERDICT.
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading THE VERDICT.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a strange room, large and bright and fresh.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The air of it was cool without being cold.
Chapter 16 of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) by Richard Dowling holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 16 holds 149 sentences of Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3), unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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