Chapter 27 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire. "What does this mean? Have you left Claire after all?" Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly. So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
Chapter 27 of The Erratic Flame is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?”
plural of “resolution” — a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading “So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.”
past form of “widen” — become broader or wider or more extensive
From this reading “Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.”
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In this reading “Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.”
In this reading “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
In this reading “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
In this reading “So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?”
In this reading “CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.”
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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 CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
later than; following
From this reading Have you left Claire after all?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
(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 Have you left Claire after all?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
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 CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
a young person of either sex
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you left Claire after all?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What does this mean?
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you left Claire after all?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
and nothing more
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Have you left Claire after all?"
a room where books are kept
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "What does this mean?
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
plural of “resolution” — a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So all his good resolutions had meant just nothing?
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLAIRE'S CHILD Anne led Alexis into the library, and fell into a chair before the fire.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What does this mean?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What does this mean?
past form of “widen” — become broader or wider or more extensive
From this reading Her widened eyes stared at Alexis coldly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you left Claire after all?"
Chapter 27 of The Erratic Flame by Ysabel De Teresa holds 231 sentences, grouped into 47 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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