Chapter 15 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman." --LILITH. The fog stayed all day. The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house. No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
Chapter 15 of The Thing from the Lake is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
From this reading “No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.”
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading “No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.”
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading “The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.”
the act of enclosing something inside something else
From this reading “The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “The fog stayed all day.”
in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
From this reading “--LILITH.”
become covered with mist
From this reading “The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.”
having a hole cut through
From this reading “No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.”
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 "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
(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 The fog stayed all day.
a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The fog stayed all day.
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
let fall to the ground
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
the act of enclosing something inside something else
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading The fog stayed all day.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
From this reading --LILITH.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
become covered with mist
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
not any; not one
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
having a hole cut through
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
characterized by good substantial quality
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading The fog stayed all day.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The mist was so dense that it gave the effect of a solid mass enclosing the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fog stayed all day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading No wind stirred it, no cheering beam of sun pierced it.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was made like a soft sweet woman."
Chapter 15 of The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram holds 312 sentences, grouped into 63 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 15 holds 312 sentences of The Thing from the Lake, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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