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Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

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In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.
It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.
There seemed no interval.
It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.
It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

This Freedom

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

Chapter 31 of This Freedom is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/58 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.
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It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.
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There seemed no interval.
/ðer siːmd noʊ ˈɪntərvəl/
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It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.
/ɪt siːmd tuː hɜːr ræθ ɑːn ræθ ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən əˈpɑːn ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən ˈdʒʌdʒmənt əˈpɑːn ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
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It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process ofOh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Bailey noun US /ˈbeɪli/

United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading “It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.”

burly adjective US /ˈbɜːrli/

muscular and heavily built

From this reading “It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.”

causing noun US /ˈkɑːzɪŋ/

the act of causing something to happen

From this reading “It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.”

diurnal adjective US /daɪˈɜːrnəl/

of or belonging to or active during the day

From this reading “In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.”

mitigated adjective US /ˈmɪtəɡeɪtɪd/

made less severe or intense

From this reading “In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.”

recuperative adjective US /rɪˈkuːpərətɪv/

promoting recuperation

From this reading “In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.”

resonant adjective US /ˈrezənənt/

characterized by resonance

From this reading “It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.”

visitation noun US /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

From this reading “It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.”

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alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

apparentadjectiveUS /əˈperənt/

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

BaileynounUS /ˈbeɪli/

United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

blowverbUS /bloʊ/

exhale hard

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

BooknounUS /bʊk/

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

brainnounUS /breɪn/

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

brokenadjectiveUS /ˈbroʊkən/

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

burlyadjectiveUS /ˈbɜːrli/

muscular and heavily built

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

causingnounUS /ˈkɑːzɪŋ/

the act of causing something to happen

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

cessations

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From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

compassnounUS /ˈkʌmpəs/

navigational instrument for finding directions

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

cryingadjectiveUS /ˈkraɪɪŋ/

demanding attention

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

diurnaladjectiveUS /daɪˈɜːrnəl/

of or belonging to or active during the day

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

Doda

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

earsnounUS /ɪrz/

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

foreignadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrən/

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

friendnounUS /frend/

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

goingnounUS /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/

the act of departing

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

groundnounUS /ɡraʊnd/

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

handnounUS /hænd/

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

happenedverbUS /ˈhæpənd/

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

Huggo's

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From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

intervalnounUS /ˈɪntərvəl/

a definite length of time marked off by two instants

From this reading There seemed no interval.

intervalsnounUS /ˈɪntərvəlz/

plural of “interval” — a definite length of time marked off by two instants

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

JobnounUS /dʒɑːb/

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

judgmentnounUS /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/

an opinion formed by judging something

From this reading It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

messengernounUS /ˈmesəndʒər/

a person who carries a message

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

mitigatedadjectiveUS /ˈmɪtəɡeɪtɪd/

made less severe or intense

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

motionnounUS /ˈmoʊʃən/

the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There seemed no interval.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

OhnounUS /oʊ/

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

OldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

piecenounUS /piːs/

a separate part of a whole

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

processverbUS /ˈprɑːses/

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

recuperativeadjectiveUS /rɪˈkuːpərətɪv/

promoting recuperation

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

removedadjectiveUS /riˈmuːvd/

separated in relationship by a given degree of descent

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

resonantadjectiveUS /ˈrezənənt/

characterized by resonance

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

returningadjectiveUS /rɪˈtɜːrnɪŋ/

tending to return to an earlier state

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

Rosalie

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From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

seemedverbUS /siːmd/

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

solidadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləd/

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

sooneradverbUS /ˈsuːnər/

comparatives of “soon” or “early”

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

summonedverbUS /ˈsʌmənd/

past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

supportnounUS /səˈpɔːrt/

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

telephonenounUS /ˈteləfoʊn/

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading There seemed no interval.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

throughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading In the Book of Job it all happened, to Job, in the apparent compass of one piece of time not broken by diurnal intervals, not mitigated by recuperative cessations between blow and blow.

touchingadjectiveUS /ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/

arousing affect

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.

vertiginousadjective

having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

visionnounUS /ˈvɪʒən/

a vivid mental image

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

visitationnounUS /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

From this reading It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It seemed to Rosalie that it was like that it happened also to her.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading It seemed to her that she was no sooner come down out of the Old Bailey--her hand touching at things for support, her vision vertiginous, causing the solid ground to be in motion, her ears resonant, crying through her brain the words she saw in Huggo’s look as they removed him; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from there than she was at the telephone and summoned by the foreign friend and was there with Doda and was in process of “Oh, Doda!”--“Oh, mother!”; it seemed to her she was no sooner out from that than she was with that burly messenger, going with him, returning from him.

wrathnounUS /ræθ/

intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

From this reading It seemed to her wrath on wrath, visitation upon visitation, judgment upon judgment.

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