Chapter 21 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ENCOUNTER. The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall. They were walking. It was a beautiful evening. Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
Chapter 21 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.”
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading “The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.”
come together
From this reading “THE ENCOUNTER.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.”
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading “The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.”
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “They were walking.”
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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 It was a beautiful evening.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It was a beautiful evening.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
come together
From this reading THE ENCOUNTER.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was a beautiful evening.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a beautiful evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ENCOUNTER.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were walking.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading They were walking.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a beautiful evening.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in the sky.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The two young people were returning from the concert that had been given in St. Julian's Hall.
Chapter 21 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story by John Roussel holds 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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 21 holds 99 sentences of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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