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Chapter 11 of The noise of the world is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne. She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop. Anne knelt beside her. "Mamma. Dear.
Chapter 11 of The noise of the world is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.”
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.”
demanding attention
From this reading “She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.”
in a helpless manner
From this reading “She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “Anne knelt beside her.”
English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.”
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.
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In this reading “Anne knelt beside her.”
In this reading “She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.”
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Anne knelt beside her.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
demanding attention
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
set up or found
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
in a helpless manner
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
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From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading Anne knelt beside her.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading "Mamma.
English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
up to a particular time
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
at the time that
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO So the weeks passed until one afternoon in early August, when James Mitchell was taken suddenly ill and Hilda sent for Anne.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She found her mother sitting in the kitchen, crying helplessly as if she would never stop.
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