Chapter 5 of The painted room is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The painted room is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice. The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily. She had to speak to Bob about it. She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing. "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
Chapter 5 of The painted room is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.”
past form of “amount” — be tantamount or equivalent to
From this reading “She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “She had to speak to Bob about it.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.”
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading “"I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.”
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading “The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.”
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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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had to speak to Bob about it.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
how long something has existed
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
(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 "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
past form of “amount” — be tantamount or equivalent to
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading She had to speak to Bob about it.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
a young female
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had to speak to Bob about it.
and nothing more
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had to speak to Bob about it.
express in speech
From this reading She had to speak to Bob about it.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Certainly that stranger had asked Martha's advice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading She couldn't just let him go on thinking that Martha "amounted" to nothing.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading The memory of her respectful tone was wine to Emily.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading "I could see that they thought it was wonderful for a girl of her age to have planned it all," she told him.
Chapter 5 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 5 holds 403 sentences of The painted room, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The painted room by Margaret Wilson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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