Chapter 13 of The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GREY REMEMBERS. Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters. Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it. "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother. Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
Chapter 13 of The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “GREY REMEMBERS.”
the literary culture
From this reading “Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.”
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading “Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.”
third-person singular of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “GREY REMEMBERS.”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.”
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 “Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.”
In this reading “Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.”
In this reading “"At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.”
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.
(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 Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
at any time
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading GREY REMEMBERS.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
immediately past
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
the literary culture
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
above and across; more than
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
third-person singular of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading GREY REMEMBERS.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly his eyes fell on one and remained fixed on it.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "At last," he thought, "at last I am to hear something of her, of my poor old mother.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Grey sat in his breakfast-room turning over his letters.
up to a particular time
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever this tells me is all I am likely ever to know of her until I die.
Chapter 13 of The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) by Richard Dowling holds 320 sentences, grouped into 64 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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