Chapter 3 of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAMOND. [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me! SEELCHEN. I love! The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
Chapter 3 of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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absence of light or illumination
From this reading “[Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!”
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading “[Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!”
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “[Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!”
having an air of allure, romance and excitement
From this reading “The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “[Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!”
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
From this reading “The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.”
a particular point in time
From this reading “The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.”
go across or through
From this reading “The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.”
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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 The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
having an air of allure, romance and excitement
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I love!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
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From this reading LAMOND.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
a particular point in time
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
go across or through
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SEELCHEN.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Drawing her to the dark doorway] Love me!
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From this reading The mandolin twangs out, the doorway for a moment is all glamorous; and they pass through.
Chapter 3 of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes by John Galsworthy holds 289 sentences, grouped into 58 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 3 holds 289 sentences of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 289 sentences, grouped into 58 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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