Chapter 24 of The Incomplete Amorist is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of The Incomplete Amorist is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONFESSIONAL. The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse. She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street. She was thinking. The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
Chapter 24 of The Incomplete Amorist is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
From this reading “The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.”
a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading “The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.”
a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
From this reading “The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.”
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
From this reading “THE CONFESSIONAL.”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.”
being four more than twenty
From this reading “The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.”
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From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
From this reading THE CONFESSIONAL.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
immediately past
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
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From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
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From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONFESSIONAL.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading She was thinking.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sat gazing across its black shade to the sunny street.
being four more than twenty
From this reading The last twenty-four hours had given food for thought.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was thinking.
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 The concierge sat at her window under the arch of the porte-cochère at 57 Boulevard Montparnasse.
Chapter 24 of The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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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