Chapter 18 of The Eichhofs: A Romance is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Eichhofs: A Romance is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN EVENTFUL DAY. The next day was Sunday. Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour. To-day it did not appear. The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
Chapter 18 of The Eichhofs: A Romance is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “To-day it did not appear.”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.”
full of events or incidents
From this reading “AN EVENTFUL DAY.”
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading “The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “The next day was Sunday.”
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.”
an established custom
From this reading “Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.”
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 “AN EVENTFUL DAY.”
In this reading “The next day was Sunday.”
the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
In this reading “The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.”
become less in amount or intensity
In this reading “The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.”
In this reading “Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.”
In this reading “Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN EVENTFUL DAY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading To-day it did not appear.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading AN EVENTFUL DAY.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading To-day it did not appear.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
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From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
full of events or incidents
From this reading AN EVENTFUL DAY.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To-day it did not appear.
immediately past
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next day was Sunday.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To-day it did not appear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading The next day was Sunday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day was Sunday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day it did not appear.
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The tones of the organ, heard through the open door, died away at last, and Werner entered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day was Sunday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
an established custom
From this reading Werner stood at the church door, looking down the road from Eichhof, along which Thea's carriage was wont to come at this hour.
Chapter 18 of The Eichhofs: A Romance by Valeska, Gräfin von Bethusy-Huc holds 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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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