Chapter 15 of The House of the Whispering Pines is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The House of the Whispering Pines is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She was not to be comforted. I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing. She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape. I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand. This, before I left the room.
Chapter 15 of The House of the Whispering Pines is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading “I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.”
inflected form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.”
made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
From this reading ““She was not to be comforted.”
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading “I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.”
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading “I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.”
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.”
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading “She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.”
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 She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
(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 She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This, before I left the room.
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
inflected form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
go away from a place
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading This, before I left the room.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
a brief written record
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading This, before I left the room.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw her life ebbing and could do nothing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, before I left the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She was not to be comforted.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
during the time that
From this reading She clung to me while she called up all her powers, and made plans for me and showed me a way of escape.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading I was to burn the note, fling two of the glasses from the window and leave the other and the deadly phial near her hand.
Chapter 15 of The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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