Chapter 33 of The Tunnel is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of The Tunnel is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What a _huge_ room?" "Isn't it a big room. Come in young lady." Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere. A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
Chapter 33 of The Tunnel is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading “Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.”
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.”
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading “A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.”
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
From this reading “A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.”
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading “A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.”
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading “A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.”
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.
a young female
In this reading “Come in young lady."”
In this reading “"Isn't it a big room.”
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 "What a _huge_ room?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Isn't it a big room.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come in young lady."
placed crosswise
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
start firing a weapon
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading "What a _huge_ room?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come in young lady."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't it a big room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Isn't it a big room.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Come in young lady."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "What a _huge_ room?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Miriam crossed to the fireplace through a warm faintly sweet atmosphere.
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a _huge_ room?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading A small fire was smoking and the gas was partly turned down but the room was warm with a friendly brown warmth.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Come in young lady."
Chapter 33 of The Tunnel by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 33 holds 189 sentences of The Tunnel, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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