Chapter 6 of The Beauty is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Beauty is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice. Don't go yet, Gresham." Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm. "Sit down and smoke. We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
Chapter 6 of The Beauty is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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possessive form of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading “Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.”
-ing form of “detain” — deprive of freedom; take into confinement
From this reading “Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."”
English financier (1519-1579)
From this reading “Don't go yet, Gresham."”
British sculptor (1902-1975)
From this reading “Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.”
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading “We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."”
be seated
From this reading “"Sit down and smoke.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “"Sit down and smoke.”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “"Sit down and smoke.”
In this reading “Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.”
a conventional expression of farewell
In this reading “SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.”
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 Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Sit down and smoke.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
possessive form of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
-ing form of “detain” — deprive of freedom; take into confinement
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't go yet, Gresham."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Sit down and smoke.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don't go yet, Gresham."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.
English financier (1519-1579)
From this reading Don't go yet, Gresham."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
British sculptor (1902-1975)
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.
set down according to a plan
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
a particular point in time
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading SIROCCO "Good night, Hewston, good night, Alice.
be seated
From this reading "Sit down and smoke.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading "Sit down and smoke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hepworth laid a detaining hand on the artist's arm.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We haven't had a moment to discuss this portrait matter yet."
but in spite of that
From this reading Don't go yet, Gresham."
Chapter 6 of The Beauty by Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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 6 holds 101 sentences of The Beauty, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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