Chapter 34 of The Invisible Foe is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of The Invisible Foe is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly. “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully. “Not bad, am I?” “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.” “You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.
Chapter 34 of The Invisible Foe is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.”
in a hearty manner
From this reading ““You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.”
with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
From this reading “Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.”
with appreciation; in a grateful manner
From this reading ““You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading ““You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.”
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.”
in a restless manner
From this reading “Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.”
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 ““I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.””
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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 “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Not bad, am I?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Not bad, am I?”
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
in a hearty manner
From this reading “You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
with appreciation; in a grateful manner
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Not bad, am I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not bad, am I?”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
in a restless manner
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “You have,” Mrs. Latham returned cordially.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
a source of difficulty
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Stephen turned restlessly on his pillows, and Angela Latham bent down and cozied them deftly.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ve made you a great deal of trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’re a wonderful nurse,” he told her gratefully.
Chapter 34 of The Invisible Foe by Louise Jordan Miln holds 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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 34 holds 217 sentences of The Invisible Foe, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of The Invisible Foe by Louise Jordan Miln exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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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