Chapter 15 of The Moonlit Way: A Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Moonlit Way: A Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You won't come?" Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments. Then she said: "Please don't make me.... It's such a darling gown, Jim." A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
Chapter 15 of The Moonlit Way: A Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
From this reading “Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.”
a special loved one
From this reading “It's such a darling gown, Jim."”
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading “A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"”
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading “A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"”
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading “It's such a darling gown, Jim."”
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading “Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading “A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"”
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 “Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.”
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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 Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
(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 A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "You won't come?"
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
a special loved one
From this reading It's such a darling gown, Jim."
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
opinion or judgment
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading It's such a darling gown, Jim."
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's such a darling gown, Jim."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's such a darling gown, Jim."
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
engage in
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
precisely, exactly
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It's such a darling gown, Jim."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their eyes met in silent conflict for a few moments.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she said: "Please don't make me....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You won't come?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You won't come?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A wave of deep happiness enveloped him and he laughed: "All right," he said, "I won't ask you to spoil your frock!"
Chapter 15 of The Moonlit Way: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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