Chapter 25 of The Brightener is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Brightener is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!" Jim grumbled. "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow." "My darling, adored man!" I exclaimed.
Chapter 25 of The Brightener is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading “"My darling, adored man!"”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"”
softened by the addition of cushions or padding
From this reading “THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"”
a special loved one
From this reading “"My darling, adored man!"”
past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
From this reading “Jim grumbled.”
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading “THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “"With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."”
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 “THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"”
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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 THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading "My darling, adored man!"
(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 "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
softened by the addition of cushions or padding
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
a special loved one
From this reading "My darling, adored man!"
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading I exclaimed.
a boy or man
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
From this reading Jim grumbled.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim grumbled.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR "Nice end of a honeymoon I'm having!"
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "With my wife thinking and talking all the time about another fellow."
Chapter 25 of The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 25 holds 78 sentences of The Brightener, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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