Chapter 11 of The Old Room is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Old Room is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces. Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers. “If only you would speak, Cordt.... If only you would ask me something. Why don’t you ask me something?”
Chapter 11 of The Old Room is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “If only you would ask me something.”
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.”
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
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 “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.”
In this reading “Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading If only you would ask me something.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why don’t you ask me something?”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If only you would speak, Cordt....
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If only you would ask me something.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
and nothing more
From this reading “If only you would speak, Cordt....
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading If only you would ask me something.
express in speech
From this reading “If only you would speak, Cordt....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fru Adelheid lay on the floor before her chair and pulled the flowers of her bouquet to pieces.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why don’t you ask me something?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Cordt sat with his head leaning on his hand and looked at the flowers.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If only you would speak, Cordt....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If only you would speak, Cordt....
Chapter 11 of The Old Room by Carl Ewald holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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 11 holds 350 sentences of The Old Room, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Old Room by Carl Ewald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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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