Chapter 4 of The painted room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The painted room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Emily spoke up hastily. "Was your sister there, Eve? I didn't see her. Where do they live?" "No. She isn't well.
Chapter 4 of The painted room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “"Was your sister there, Eve?”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “Emily spoke up hastily.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Where do they live?"”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I didn't see her.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “"Was your sister there, Eve?”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Emily spoke up hastily.”
(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 “"No. She isn't well.”
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From this reading I didn't see her.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Where do they live?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emily spoke up hastily.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading "Was your sister there, Eve?
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading Emily spoke up hastily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I didn't see her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I didn't see her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No. She isn't well.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Where do they live?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No. She isn't well.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I didn't see her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No. She isn't well.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "Was your sister there, Eve?
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Emily spoke up hastily.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Was your sister there, Eve?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where do they live?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Emily spoke up hastily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Was your sister there, Eve?
(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 "No. She isn't well.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where do they live?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Was your sister there, Eve?
Chapter 4 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson holds 415 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.
Chapter 4 holds 415 sentences of The painted room, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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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