Chapter 25 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag. She felt unaccountably depressed. During this week-end her engagement would be announced. And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church. And that would be the end of it!
Chapter 25 of The Dim Lantern is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “During this week-end her engagement would be announced.”
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.”
lower than previously
From this reading “She felt unaccountably depressed.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “During this week-end her engagement would be announced.”
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading “AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.”
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading “AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.”
United States playwright (1896-1955)
From this reading “And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.”
in an unaccountable manner
From this reading “She felt unaccountably depressed.”
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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anew
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
lower than previously
From this reading She felt unaccountably depressed.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading And that would be the end of it!
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt unaccountably depressed.
the act of departing
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
joined in matrimony
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
United States playwright (1896-1955)
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
in an unaccountable manner
From this reading She felt unaccountably depressed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AGAIN THE LANTERN It was the morning of the day that she was going to the Delafield Simms, and Jane was packing her bag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
at the time that
From this reading And when Judy came they would be married in the Sherwood church.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading During this week-end her engagement would be announced.
Chapter 25 of The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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 260 sentences of The Dim Lantern, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
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