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Chapter 1 of The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly. "Were you? Then our plans coincide. We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there. I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
Chapter 1 of The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 79/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 391–395
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go with, fall together
From this reading “Then our plans coincide.”
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
plural of “fjord” — a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
plural of “isle” — a small island
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.”
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading “We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.”
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.
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 "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
go with, fall together
From this reading Then our plans coincide.
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
plural of “fjord” — a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
the act of departing
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
plural of “isle” — a small island
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
come together
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Then our plans coincide.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading Then our plans coincide.
by chance
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
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From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then our plans coincide.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was going to Scotland for a change,"--I murmured, hesitatingly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Were you?
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading I propose a cruise among the Western isles--the Hebrides--and possibly on to Norway and its fjords.
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Were you?
Chapter 1 of The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance by Marie Corelli holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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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