Chapter 24 of The Arbiter: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Arbiter: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion. What had happened? What had she been hearing? The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand. But that moment had not come yet.
Chapter 24 of The Arbiter: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feel physical pain
From this reading “The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.”
intentionally conceived
From this reading “The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.”
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
From this reading “The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.”
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading “What had she been hearing?”
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading “The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.”
large and often sumptuous tent
From this reading “Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.”
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading “Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.”
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading “The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.”
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feel physical pain
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading What had she been hearing?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But that moment had not come yet.
intentionally conceived
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had happened?
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading What had happened?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading What had she been hearing?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
a particular point in time
From this reading But that moment had not come yet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But that moment had not come yet.
on one occasion
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
large and often sumptuous tent
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What had she been hearing?
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
not in physical motion
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Rachel turned in the other direction and walked slowly back to the pavilion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had happened?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The slightest mental exertion still made her head ache, but she was conscious that if she once let herself go and made the effort it would be possible for her to understand.
but in spite of that
From this reading But that moment had not come yet.
Chapter 24 of The Arbiter: A Novel by Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, Lady Bell holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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