Chapter 19 of 'Tilda Jane is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of 'Tilda Jane is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE. She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on. Don't croak, don't croak!" Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on. Don't croak, don't croak!"
Chapter 19 of 'Tilda Jane is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Don't croak, don't croak!"”
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading “She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
plural of “limb” — one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading “Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
remorse for your past conduct
From this reading “SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE.”
moving slowly
From this reading “Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
move an implement through
From this reading “Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
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In this reading “She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.”
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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 She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
aroused or activated
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Don't croak, don't croak!"
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
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From this reading Don't croak, don't croak!"
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
plural of “limb” — one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
on the contrary
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
remorse for your past conduct
From this reading SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
moving slowly
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE.
move an implement through
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading SWEET AND SOFT REPENTANCE.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading She was awakened by a hoarse whisper in her ear: "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
but in spite of that
From this reading Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, it seemed as if she would rather die than stir her sluggish limbs, yet she moved slightly as the rough whisper went on, "Get up and go on, get up and go on.
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