Chapter 21 of The Immortal Moment is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Immortal Moment is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it. Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock. It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear. She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood. She was not going to faint bodily.
Chapter 21 of The Immortal Moment is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
in bodily form
From this reading “She was not going to faint bodily.”
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading “Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.”
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading “It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.”
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.”
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading “Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.”
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 “She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.”
In this reading “She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.”
In this reading “She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.”
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.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
in bodily form
From this reading She was not going to faint bodily.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading She was not going to faint bodily.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
the act of departing
From this reading She was not going to faint bodily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not going to faint bodily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading She felt herself swaying slightly as she stood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was not going to faint bodily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It sounded somehow as if it were out of gear.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her brain was filled with the loud, hurried ticking of the clock.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She stared at her own face in the glass without seeing it.
Chapter 21 of The Immortal Moment by May Sinclair holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 21 holds 203 sentences of The Immortal Moment, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Immortal Moment by May Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.
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