Chapter 9 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 777 sentences across 156 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 777 sentences across 156 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The storm passed. The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience. Mary was terribly worried about her friends. The carriage had not come back. The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
Chapter 9 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 777 sentences across 156 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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destitute of blood or apparently so
From this reading “The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.”
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading “The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.”
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.”
possessive form of “pastor” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
used as intensifiers
From this reading “Mary was terribly worried about her friends.”
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading “The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.”
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading “The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “Mary was terribly worried about her friends.”
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.
be restored
In this reading “The carriage had not come back.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The carriage had not come back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
destitute of blood or apparently so
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading The carriage had not come back.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The carriage had not come back.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The carriage had not come back.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
the act of retaining something
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The carriage had not come back.
above and across; more than
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The storm passed.
possessive form of “pastor” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
a woman proprietor
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading The storm passed.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
used as intensifiers
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The storm passed.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The proprietress thought the party had been driven through the short cut to the pastor’s châlet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The pale women fluttered in the sun, holding up their bloodless hands to its warmth, chattering, laughing over their “thrilling” experience.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading Mary was terribly worried about her friends.
Chapter 9 of Val Sinestra by Martha Morton holds 777 sentences, grouped into 156 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 9 holds 777 sentences of Val Sinestra, unabridged, divided into 156 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Val Sinestra by Martha Morton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 777 sentences, grouped into 156 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.
Work through the 156 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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