Chapter 11 of The Big Mogul is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Big Mogul is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed. She was happy one moment and miserable the next. Bob loved her--he told her so. And she loved him, she was sure of it now. But did they love each other enough?
Chapter 11 of The Big Mogul is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “Bob loved her--he told her so.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “She was happy one moment and miserable the next.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.”
held dear
From this reading “Bob loved her--he told her so.”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “She was happy one moment and miserable the next.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “And she loved him, she was sure of it now.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And she loved him, she was sure of it now.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And she loved him, she was sure of it now.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
held dear
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
a particular point in time
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And she loved him, she was sure of it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading And she loved him, she was sure of it now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But did they love each other enough?
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Bob loved her--he told her so.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was happy one moment and miserable the next.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Esther’s hours of sleep that night were few indeed.
Chapter 11 of The Big Mogul by Joseph Crosby Lincoln holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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 11 holds 390 sentences of The Big Mogul, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Big Mogul by Joseph Crosby Lincoln exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
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