Chapter 7 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone! ’Tis often harder to live than to die. Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began. Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing. The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
Chapter 7 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
From this reading “The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.”
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading “Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.”
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
From this reading “Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.”
inflected form of “dip” — immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
From this reading “The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.”
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “’Tis often harder to live than to die.”
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading “The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.”
against difficulties
From this reading “Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.”
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.
read selectively; read only certain passages from a text
In this reading “The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.”
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 Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
Having no one else present.
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
inflected form of “dip” — immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
a bottle of ink
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
many times at short intervals
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
and nothing more
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’Tis often harder to live than to die.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.
against difficulties
From this reading Hard work; collar-work, uphill and unceasing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The work of a professional woman, not the pleasant dipping into the inkpot as amateur fancy led.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading WIDOWHOOD AND WORK _Labor omnia vincit_ Alone!
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Schopenhauer says happiness is only a delusion of youth and childhood; anyway, my work now began.
Chapter 7 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie holds 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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 7 holds 275 sentences of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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