Chapter 6 of The Pines of Lory is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Pines of Lory is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She laughed gently. "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy." Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him. The head drooped and he knew she slumbered. Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
Chapter 6 of The Pines of Lory is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading “"And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."”
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
From this reading “Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.”
move deeply
From this reading “Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.”
past form of “droop” — droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
From this reading “The head drooped and he knew she slumbered.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “She laughed gently.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.”
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading “"And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."”
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 “Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.”
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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 "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against 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 "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
move deeply
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
past form of “droop” — droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
From this reading The head drooped and he knew she slumbered.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
in a gradual manner
From this reading She laughed gently.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The head drooped and he knew she slumbered.
to a considerable degree
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The head drooped and he knew she slumbered.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading She laughed gently.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
in motion
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
not any; not one
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laughed gently.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
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From this reading The head drooped and he knew she slumbered.
in the near future
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then another long silence, and soon he felt the lady leaning more heavily against him.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
during the time that
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Having no wish to disturb her, he sat for a while without moving, and watched the moon and thought delectable thoughts of the creature by his side.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you all made a strong combination, Patsy."
Chapter 6 of The Pines of Lory by John Ames Mitchell holds 404 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.
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