Chapter 25 of The sea girl is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The sea girl is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MURMURING RIVER. They call this now the era of our Greater World. This year that has passed has brought us many strange things. I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard. There is still chaos.
Chapter 25 of The sea girl is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading “There is still chaos.”
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading “They call this now the era of our Greater World.”
the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
From this reading “I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “MURMURING RIVER.”
narrate or give a detailed account of
From this reading “I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.”
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
From this reading “I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.”
plural of “struggle” — an energetic attempt to achieve something
From this reading “I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.”
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
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 year that has passed has brought us many strange things.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading There is still chaos.
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is still chaos.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading MURMURING RIVER.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
narrate or give a detailed account of
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading MURMURING RIVER.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
not in physical motion
From this reading There is still chaos.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
plural of “struggle” — an energetic attempt to achieve something
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is still chaos.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading They call this now the era of our Greater World.
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I am not one to recount them--the wonders of the Lowlands, the world’s changed climate; the struggles, the reorganization, it seems, of everything which we held to be standard.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading This year that has passed has brought us many strange things.
Chapter 25 of The sea girl by Ray Cummings holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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 25 holds 37 sentences of The sea girl, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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