Chapter 19 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily. One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face. The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke. Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave. She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
Chapter 19 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(music) a gradual increase in loudness
From this reading “A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.”
blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
From this reading “Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.”
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
From this reading “The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.”
a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
From this reading “One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.”
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.”
treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
From this reading “The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.”
past form of “waver” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.”
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 “Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.”
In this reading “She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.”
In this reading “One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.”
In this reading “One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.”
In this reading “Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.”
In this reading “She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.”
In this reading “She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
completely unclothed
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
lacking funds
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
From this reading A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
past form of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
in the direction of
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading A CRESCENDO Anne stirred uneasily.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
From this reading The depths of her exhausted sleep, suddenly violated, rippled and broke.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Returning consciousness beat against her like a gusty wave.
past form of “waver” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading One slim, bare arm emerged from beneath the satin coverlet and wavered towards her face.
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 She sat up in bed and looked towards the open window in puzzled astonishment.
Chapter 19 of The Erratic Flame by Ysabel De Teresa holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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 323 sentences of The Erratic Flame, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Erratic Flame by Ysabel De Teresa exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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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