Chapter 11 of The Foolish Virgin is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Foolish Virgin is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness. Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming. With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love. The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers. She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
Chapter 11 of The Foolish Virgin is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a framework that supports climbing plants
From this reading “The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.”
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading “The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.”
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.”
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
From this reading “She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.”
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading “The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.”
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading “With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.”
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
From this reading “With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.
a framework that supports climbing plants
From this reading The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading The room was a bower of gorgeous flowers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
immediately past
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With its radiance came the perfume of roses--the scrub-woman's gift of love.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had spent her last cent in this extravagance.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
not usual or common or ordinary
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Ella stood in the open door of the room, through which the light was streaming.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lights burned in the hall with unusual brightness.
Chapter 11 of The Foolish Virgin by Thomas, Jr. Dixon holds 69 sentences, grouped into 14 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 69 sentences of The Foolish Virgin, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Foolish Virgin by Thomas, Jr. Dixon exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 69 sentences, grouped into 14 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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