Chapter 5 of The Enchanted April is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Enchanted April is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters. What would she see out of her window? A shining world, or a world of rain? But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful. She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
Chapter 5 of The Enchanted April is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely unclothed
From this reading “She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.”
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.”
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading “She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “A shining world, or a world of rain?”
plural of “shutter” — a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
From this reading “When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.”
not dense
From this reading “She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.”
United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
From this reading “When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.”
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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 When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
completely unclothed
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A shining world, or a world of rain?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading A shining world, or a world of rain?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading A shining world, or a world of rain?
plural of “shutter” — a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
not dense
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading But it would be beautiful; whatever it was would be beautiful.
at the time that
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
a Caucasian
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was in a little bedroom with bare white walls and a stone floor and sparse old furniture.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the shutters.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A shining world, or a world of rain?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would she see out of her window?
Chapter 5 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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 5 holds 249 sentences of The Enchanted April, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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