Chapter 34 of Tetherstones is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter 34 of Tetherstones is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her. A hand touched her. She looked up with a start. Rotherby was leaning over her. His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
Chapter 34 of Tetherstones is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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only a very short time before
From this reading “His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.”
a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
From this reading “His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.”
in a close relation or position in time or space
From this reading “His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.”
fully understood or grasped
From this reading “His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “Rotherby was leaning over her.”
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading “THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.”
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading “His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.”
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.
seek information from
In this reading “She looked up with a start.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A hand touched her.
only a very short time before
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
in a close relation or position in time or space
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
fully understood or grasped
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
opinion or judgment
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A hand touched her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Rotherby was leaning over her.
in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked up with a start.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
above and across; more than
From this reading Rotherby was leaning over her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rotherby was leaning over her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up with a start.
a person, without saying who
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading She looked up with a start.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
having come into contact
From this reading A hand touched her.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She looked up with a start.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE NIGHTMARE Someone was speaking to her.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His eyes met hers closely, lingeringly, with a caress in them which her tiredness barely comprehended.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked up with a start.
Chapter 34 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell holds 545 sentences, grouped into 109 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 34 holds 545 sentences of Tetherstones, unabridged, divided into 109 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 545 sentences, grouped into 109 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.
Work through the 109 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 109 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 34 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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