Chapter 1 of Two Stories is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Two Stories is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PUBLICATION NO. I. LEONARD WOOLF. It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air. It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness. I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
Chapter 1 of Two Stories is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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every person
From this reading “I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.”
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading “It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.”
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading “I. LEONARD WOOLF.”
an insignificant place
From this reading “I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.”
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading “PUBLICATION NO.”
worried and uneasy
From this reading “I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.”
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading “It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.”
English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
From this reading “I. LEONARD WOOLF.”
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.
In this reading “It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.”
In this reading “It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.”
In this reading “It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.”
In this reading “It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.”
on everybody's mind
In this reading “It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
every person
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. LEONARD WOOLF.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading I. LEONARD WOOLF.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
not any; not one
From this reading PUBLICATION NO.
an insignificant place
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading PUBLICATION NO.
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
worried and uneasy
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
the season of growth
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading I felt restless, and I had nowhere to go to; everyone I knew was out of town.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness.
English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
From this reading I. LEONARD WOOLF.
Chapter 1 of Two Stories by Virginia Woolf holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 1 holds 402 sentences of Two Stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Two Stories by Virginia Woolf exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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