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Chapter 4 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So one cold day she swam back to the cottage. The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before. But this time it did not appear hateful. She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace. Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
Chapter 4 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “But this time it did not appear hateful.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.”
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading “But this time it did not appear hateful.”
past form of “investigate” — investigate scientifically
From this reading “Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.”
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading “So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.”
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.”
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.
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to come or go into
In this reading “She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.”
In this reading “So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.”
In this reading “Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
a small house with a single story
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
past form of “investigate” — investigate scientifically
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But this time it did not appear hateful.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So one cold day she swam back to the cottage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Carrendas' tent was gone; everything was as it had been before.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Then she investigated the whole house shore thoroughly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She opened the door and went into the pleasant little living-room with the fireplace.
Chapter 4 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there by Barbara Newhall Follett holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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