Chapter 20 of This Freedom is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of This Freedom is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Harry assured her! Harry convinced her! Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally. All her ideas were his ideas. He, too, had these new views of marriage.
Chapter 20 of This Freedom is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friendly nation
From this reading “Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.”
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading “Harry assured her!”
plural of “battlement” — a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
From this reading “Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.”
persuaded of; very sure
From this reading “Harry convinced her!”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “All her ideas were his ideas.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.”
the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
From this reading “Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.”
plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “He, too, had these new views of marriage.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 All her ideas were his ideas.
a friendly nation
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading Harry assured her!
plural of “battlement” — a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
persuaded of; very sure
From this reading Harry convinced her!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Harry assured her!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry assured her!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All her ideas were his ideas.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading All her ideas were his ideas.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading He, too, had these new views of marriage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All her ideas were his ideas.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Harry was here upon the battlements, come with her in her retirement, joined with her as her ally.
Chapter 20 of This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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