Chapter 19 of The Quaint Companions is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Quaint Companions is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This was the event of his second day here. This was all. He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses. Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough. When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
Chapter 19 of The Quaint Companions is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.”
given or giving freely
From this reading “Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.”
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading “This was the event of his second day here.”
set afire or burning
From this reading “When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.”
for an instant or moment
From this reading “Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.”
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.”
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading “Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.”
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 “This was the event of his second day here.”
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(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 This was all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
given or giving freely
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
set afire or burning
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
for an instant or moment
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
not any; not one
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading He had seen her; the knowledge sang in his senses.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the event of his second day here.
at the time that
From this reading When her glance lighted on him, he read her thought in it, and drew back ashamed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading Momentarily he felt that if his visit yielded no more, it would have been bountiful enough.
Chapter 19 of The Quaint Companions by Leonard Merrick holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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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