Chapter 15 of The Tower Rooms is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Tower Rooms is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.” “But I could manage quite well. It will be moonlight, and such a still night. There would be no real difficulty.” “I will not let you go.”
Chapter 15 of The Tower Rooms is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “There would be no real difficulty.””
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading ““But I could manage quite well.”
the light of the Moon
From this reading “It will be moonlight, and such a still night.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading ““But I could manage quite well.”
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “There would be no real difficulty.””
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
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 “There would be no real difficulty.””
In this reading “I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
the light of the Moon
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
not any; not one
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
not in physical motion
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It will be moonlight, and such a still night.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “But I could manage quite well.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There would be no real difficulty.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I SAIL WITH MY BAND ‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
Chapter 15 of The Tower Rooms by Mary Grant Bruce holds 288 sentences, grouped into 58 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 288 sentences of The Tower Rooms, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Tower Rooms by Mary Grant Bruce exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 288 sentences, grouped into 58 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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