Chapter 1 of The Visioning: A Novel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Visioning: A Novel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again. How get out of the sand? She did not know. She did not even know what club to use. For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
Chapter 1 of The Visioning: A Novel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “She did not even know what club to use.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “How get out of the sand?”
marked by correspondence or resemblance
From this reading “For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.”
the act of using
From this reading “She did not even know what club to use.”
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 And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
anew
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading She did not even know what club to use.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not know.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
divisible by two
From this reading She did not even know what club to use.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How get out of the sand?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How get out of the sand?
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She did not know.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not know.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How get out of the sand?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading How get out of the sand?
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading How get out of the sand?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not know.
marked by correspondence or resemblance
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How get out of the sand?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For never had she drunk tea under similar circumstances.
the act of using
From this reading She did not even know what club to use.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She did not even know what club to use.
Chapter 1 of The Visioning: A Novel by Susan Glaspell holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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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