Chapter 9 of The Boy with Wings is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Boy with Wings is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet. After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation. Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_." The girl jumped for joy. It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
Chapter 9 of The Boy with Wings is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an expectation
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
command with authority
From this reading “Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading “A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.”
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
From this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
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.
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In this reading “After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.”
In this reading “The girl jumped for joy.”
In this reading “A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.”
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 A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
later than; following
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
an expectation
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
of short duration or distance
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
command with authority
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
divisible by two
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The girl jumped for joy.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
a young female
From this reading The girl jumped for joy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading The girl jumped for joy.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading The girl jumped for joy.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then came another of those brief direct notes from "_hers, P. Dampier_."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was not to be at Hendon this time, but at Brooklands.
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
From this reading After that appointment made at Hugo Swayne's rooms she lived through a fortnight of dreaming, tingling anticipation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
but in spite of that
From this reading A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Eagerly as Gwenna longed to fly, she was not to do so even yet.
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