Chapter 15 of The Lost Girl is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Lost Girl is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to. Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament. The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment. This nourishment lacking, nothing is well.
Chapter 15 of The Lost Girl is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “She was cut off from everything she belonged to.”
not close together in time
From this reading “Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.”
inadequate in amount or degree
From this reading “This nourishment lacking, nothing is well.”
express grief verbally
From this reading “Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.”
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading “The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.”
a source of materials to nourish the body
From this reading “The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.”
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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 PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
a young female
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
not close together in time
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
inadequate in amount or degree
From this reading This nourishment lacking, nothing is well.
express grief verbally
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
of an obscure nature
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
not any; not one
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading This nourishment lacking, nothing is well.
a source of materials to nourish the body
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading The soul itself needs its own mysterious nourishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This nourishment lacking, nothing is well.
an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was cut off from everything she belonged to.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Ovid isolated in Thrace might well lament.
Chapter 15 of The Lost Girl by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 250 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.
Chapter 15 holds 250 sentences of The Lost Girl, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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