Chapter 28 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They have been gone two days. I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity. For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty. Yet I have had plenty to do. There have been numberless letters to write.
Chapter 28 of The garden of resurrection is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.”
in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree
From this reading “I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.”
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading “For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.”
time without end
From this reading “I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.”
attach to a support
From this reading “For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.”
a full supply
From this reading “Yet I have had plenty to do.”
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 “I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.”
In this reading “They have been gone two days.”
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They have been gone two days.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading They have been gone two days.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Yet I have had plenty to do.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
time without end
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
being eight more than forty
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They have been gone two days.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet I have had plenty to do.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have been gone two days.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
the literary culture
From this reading There have been numberless letters to write.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
attach to a support
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading There have been numberless letters to write.
a full supply
From this reading Yet I have had plenty to do.
only a very short time before
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I could scarcely have believed that forty-eight hours can so comparably measure Eternity.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There have been numberless letters to write.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have been gone two days.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet I have had plenty to do.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading They have been gone two days.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For two days the house in Mount Street--so far, at least, as I am concerned with it--has been empty.
produce a literary work
From this reading There have been numberless letters to write.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I have had plenty to do.
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