Chapter 24 of The Crimson Azaleas: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Crimson Azaleas: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices. Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!” Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say. Stop rubbing the matting with your nose. I want your master.”
Chapter 24 of The Crimson Azaleas: A Novel is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.”
a quarrel about petty points
From this reading “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
From this reading “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
From this reading “Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading “Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.”
plural of “sparrow” — any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
From this reading “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
the rays of the sun
From this reading “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
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 “Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!””
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
aroused or activated
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
a quarrel about petty points
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
demanding attention
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
to come or go into
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading I want your master.”
a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
express in words
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
plural of “sparrow” — any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
the rays of the sun
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want your master.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GEORGE DU TELLE He was awakened by voices.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sunlight was streaming into the room, the sparrows were bickering round the trees, and from below came the voice of Pine-breeze crying, “Irashi, condescend to enter!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then Jane’s voice: “I don’t understand what you say.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stop rubbing the matting with your nose.
Chapter 24 of The Crimson Azaleas: A Novel by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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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