Chapter 7 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Valancy did not sleep that night. She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking. She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death. It did not seem in the least terrible to her. And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
Chapter 7 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It did not seem in the least terrible to her.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Valancy did not sleep that night.”
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading “She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “It did not seem in the least terrible to her.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.”
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.
In this reading “She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.”
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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 She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
any thing at all
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
the act of discovering something
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It did not seem in the least terrible to her.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading It did not seem in the least terrible to her.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
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 lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And she need not now be afraid of anything else.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It did not seem in the least terrible to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading It did not seem in the least terrible to her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She lay awake all through the long dark hours—thinking—thinking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It did not seem in the least terrible to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Valancy did not sleep that night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
which person or people
From this reading She made a discovery that surprised her: she, who had been afraid of almost everything in life, was not afraid of death.
Chapter 7 of The Blue Castle: a novel by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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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