Chapter 4 of The Window-Gazer is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Window-Gazer is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It had rained all night. It had rained all yesterday. It had rained all the day before. It was raining still. Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
Chapter 4 of The Window-Gazer is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
from appearances alone
From this reading “Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “It had rained all the day before.”
to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time
From this reading “Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “It had rained all night.”
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading “It had rained all night.”
falling in drops or as if falling like rain
From this reading “It was raining still.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “It was raining still.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “It had rained all yesterday.”
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 It had rained all night.
from appearances alone
From this reading Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It had rained all the day before.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It had rained all the day before.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had rained all night.
to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time
From this reading Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had rained all night.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It had rained all night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Apparently it could go on raining indefinitely.
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading It had rained all night.
falling in drops or as if falling like rain
From this reading It was raining still.
not in physical motion
From this reading It was raining still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had rained all the day before.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was raining still.
the day immediately before today
From this reading It had rained all yesterday.
Chapter 4 of The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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 4 holds 220 sentences of The Window-Gazer, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 220 sentences, grouped into 44 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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