Chapter 4 of The home-maker is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The home-maker is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.” As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!” He was tired to the bone. He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again. And never wake up!
Chapter 4 of The home-maker is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading ““Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.””
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading “He was tired to the bone.”
cover from sight
From this reading “He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.”
literature in metrical form
From this reading “As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!””
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading ““Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.””
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “And never wake up!”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!””
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cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!””
In this reading “As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!””
In this reading “He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.”
place into the hands or custody of
In this reading “He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.”
on everybody's mind
In this reading “As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!””
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anew
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
any thing at all
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading He was tired to the bone.
cover from sight
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading And never wake up!
many times at short intervals
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
above and across; more than
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
literature in metrical form
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading He was tired to the bone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was tired to the bone.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading And never wake up!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was tired to the bone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
which person or people
From this reading “Who swoon in sleep and awake wearier.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
the words that are spoken
From this reading As he woke up, Lester Knapp heard the words in the air as he so often heard poetry, “... and awake wearier!”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would have given anything in the world to turn over, bury his face in the pillow and swoon to sleep again.
Chapter 4 of The home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 4 holds 212 sentences of The home-maker, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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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