Chapter 17 of The Hillman is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Hillman is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He turned and glanced at his companion. Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful. The warm touch of her fingers was grateful. Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness. His heart ached with a new desire.
Chapter 17 of The Hillman is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading “His heart ached with a new desire.”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “He turned and glanced at his companion.”
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading “The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.”
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
accept gladly
From this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
showing pensive sadness
From this reading “Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.”
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 “He turned and glanced at his companion.”
In this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
In this reading “His heart ached with a new desire.”
In this reading “The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.”
In this reading “Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.”
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 Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading His heart ached with a new desire.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading His heart ached with a new desire.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart ached with a new desire.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading His heart ached with a new desire.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned and glanced at his companion.
precisely as stated
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The warm touch of her fingers was grateful.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
accept gladly
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading Her sympathy was like some welcome flower in a wilderness.
showing pensive sadness
From this reading Sophy was looking very sweet and very wistful.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His heart ached with a new desire.
Chapter 17 of The Hillman by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 17 holds 395 sentences of The Hillman, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Hillman by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
Work through the 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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