Chapter 30 of Through stained glass: A Novel is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Through stained glass: A Novel is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts. He had never pictured Folly old. He tried now and failed. Folly and youth were inseparable; Folly _was_ youth. Then he gave up thinking of Folly.
Chapter 30 of Through stained glass: A Novel is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “He tried now and failed.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.”
not capable of being separated
From this reading “Folly and youth were inseparable; Folly _was_ youth.”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.”
seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading “He had never pictured Folly old.”
with speed
From this reading “Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.”
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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 Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
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From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading He tried now and failed.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Then he gave up thinking of Folly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had never pictured Folly old.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
not capable of being separated
From this reading Folly and youth were inseparable; Folly _was_ youth.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He had never pictured Folly old.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He tried now and failed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he gave up thinking of Folly.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He had never pictured Folly old.
above and across; more than
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading He had never pictured Folly old.
with speed
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he gave up thinking of Folly.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
in the direction of
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried now and failed.
hard to endure
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Then he gave up thinking of Folly.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Folly and youth were inseparable; Folly _was_ youth.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lewis, walking rapidly toward the flat, was thinking over all that Lady Derl had said and was trying to bring Folly into line with his thoughts.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Folly and youth were inseparable; Folly _was_ youth.
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