Chapter 19 of The dark mother is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The dark mother is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light. A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it. Himself of the breakless tissue of the world. Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids. Flesh altogether and altogether about him.
Chapter 19 of The dark mother is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading “* * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.”
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading “* * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.”
plural of “fluid” — a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
From this reading “Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.”
plural of “odor” — any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading “Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.”
plural of “smell” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.”
the feel of a surface or a fabric
From this reading “* * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.”
part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
From this reading “Himself of the breakless tissue of the world.”
furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
From this reading “* * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.”
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 “Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.”
In this reading “Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.”
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 world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Flesh altogether and altogether about him.
(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 * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Flesh altogether and altogether about him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Flesh altogether and altogether about him.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Himself of the breakless tissue of the world.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
plural of “fluid” — a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
From this reading Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Flesh altogether and altogether about him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
plural of “odor” — any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
plural of “smell” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Flesh of sweet smells, sweet odors, sweet fluids.
the feel of a surface or a fabric
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
From this reading Himself of the breakless tissue of the world.
furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
From this reading * * * * * Blackness ... ultimate texture of all colors ... light.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A world of infinite color, infinite flesh: himself within the world, himself carried within it through it.
Chapter 19 of The dark mother by Waldo David Frank holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 19 holds 405 sentences of The dark mother, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The dark mother by Waldo David Frank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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