Chapter 12 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow. She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle. A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint. I have never seen anything like that. She made me feel so timid.”
Chapter 12 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pleasing or delighting
From this reading ““Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading ““Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.”
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading “She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.”
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading ““Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.”
showing fear and lack of confidence
From this reading “She made me feel so timid.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
any thing at all
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
put on clothes
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading She made me feel so timid.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She made me feel so timid.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She made me feel so timid.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have never seen anything like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She looked at me through such funny glasses on the end of a long handle.
showing fear and lack of confidence
From this reading She made me feel so timid.”
precisely as stated
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A very great lady but her voice was as kind as the voice of a saint.
a Caucasian
From this reading “Such a charming lady in a grey silk dress and a hand as white as snow.
Chapter 12 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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