Chapter 16 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Felix, will you make some coffee?” Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!” “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening.... What a pity!” Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
Chapter 16 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading ““Felix, will you make some coffee?””
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
close or warm friendship
From this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account
From this reading “Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!””
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
in an unfortunate way
From this reading “Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!””
a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
From this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
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 “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
be restored
In this reading “Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!””
In this reading “Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.”
In this reading ““Felix, will you make some coffee?””
In this reading ““Felix, will you make some coffee?””
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 Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
(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 Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
close or warm friendship
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
immediately past
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
engage in
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
a particular point in time
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading What a pity!”
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
in an unfortunate way
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Felix, returning into their presence from behind the screen, had a curious sense of being a third, an intruder into a friendly intimacy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “Oh, I forgot—I used the last of it this evening....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Felix came back in a moment and sadly reported that the coffee was “all gone!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a pity!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Felix, will you make some coffee?”
Chapter 16 of The Briary Bush: A Novel by Floyd Dell holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 16 holds 415 sentences of The Briary Bush: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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