Chapter 16 of The Lighted Way is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Lighted Way is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement. Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm. The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room. "There is some one under the couch!" Fenella faltered at last.
Chapter 16 of The Lighted Way is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.”
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading “AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “"There is some one under the couch!"”
past form of “falter” — be unsure or weak
From this reading “Fenella faltered at last.”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.”
(followed by “of”) lacking capacity or ability
From this reading “AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.”
past form of “rivet” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading “The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.”
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading “Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.”
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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 AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fenella faltered at last.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
past form of “falter” — be unsure or weak
From this reading Fenella faltered at last.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
(followed by “of”) lacking capacity or ability
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
immediately past
From this reading Fenella faltered at last.
a particular point in time
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
past form of “rivet” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading AN ADVENTURE Arnold, for a moment or two, felt himself incapable of speech or movement.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "There is some one under the couch!"
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading Fenella was hanging, a dead weight, upon his arm.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The eyes of both of them were riveted upon the hand which stretched into the room.
Chapter 16 of The Lighted Way by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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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