Chapter 11 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new. Perhaps it's because you went away. We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself." Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly. "It's as old as the hills," she said.
Chapter 11 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “"It's as old as the hills," she said.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."”
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.
move away from a place into another direction
In this reading “Perhaps it's because you went away.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
any thing at all
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It's as old as the hills," she said.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
for the reason that
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "It's as old as the hills," she said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "It's as old as the hills," she said.
and nothing more
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.
on the contrary
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's as old as the hills," she said.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Elizabeth pressed her arm very slightly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's as old as the hills," she said.
precisely as stated
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading We aren't doing anything very different, only working rather less; but it all seems so new; I feel new myself."
but in spite of that
From this reading Joan said: "Our life seems new, somehow, Elizabeth, and yet it isn't new.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Perhaps it's because you went away.
Chapter 11 of The unlit lamp by Radclyffe Hall holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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