Chapter 5 of The Great Experience is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Great Experience is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice. Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's! Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred. First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess. Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
Chapter 5 of The Great Experience is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the most part
From this reading “Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.”
the specified day of the month
From this reading “Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.”
a woman host
From this reading “First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.”
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading “Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!”
possessive form of “lambert” — a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading “Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!”
the state of nonexistence
From this reading “Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.”
past form of “rejoice” — feel happiness or joy
From this reading “Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.”
possessive form of “society” — an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.”
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 “Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!”
In this reading “First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.”
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 First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
(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 First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
for the reason that
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
pleasing or delighting
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
for the most part
From this reading Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
the specified day of the month
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
willing to give and share unstintingly
From this reading Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
a woman host
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
possessive form of “lambert” — a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
the state of nonexistence
From this reading Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
past form of “rejoice” — feel happiness or joy
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Second, and chiefly, she was as generous as she was charming.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
possessive form of “society” — an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Society's Nothingness and Its Sacrifice.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading First, because Mrs. Lambert was at all times a charming hostess.
at the time that
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Every lady within her circle of friends, rejoiced when the date for such an event occurred.
a late time of life
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Our scenes change to New York, six years later, "Bridge" at Mrs. Lambert's!
Chapter 5 of The Great Experience by Julia Farr holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 434 sentences of The Great Experience, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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