Chapter 15 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat." Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried. "It's impossible!" she protested. "You'll end by making yourself very ill." Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
Chapter 15 of The unlit lamp is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gotten through environmental forces
From this reading “Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.”
a special loved one
From this reading “"Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading “Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.”
in the recent past
From this reading “Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.”
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
From this reading “Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.”
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading “"It's impossible!" she protested.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.”
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rise to one's feet
In this reading “Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.”
In this reading “Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.”
In this reading “"You'll end by making yourself very ill."”
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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 Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
a special loved one
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
take in solid food
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading "It's impossible!" she protested.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's impossible!" she protested.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
in the recent past
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading "It's impossible!" she protested.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mrs. Ogden got up and kissed her.
precisely as stated
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
at the time that
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading Joan began walking about the room, a trick she had acquired lately when worried.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, that will be easy, darling; you know how little I eat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "You'll end by making yourself very ill."
Chapter 15 of The unlit lamp by Radclyffe Hall holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 391 sentences of The unlit lamp, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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