Chapter 33 of We Two: A Novel is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of We Two: A Novel is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces! Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts! When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts. Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door. Heart, heart, awake!
Chapter 33 of We Two: A Novel is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!”
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading “Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.”
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading “Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!”
plural of “mart” — an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading “When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.”
a public toilet for men
From this reading “When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.”
plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading “Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.”
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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 When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Heart, heart, awake!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Heart, heart, awake!
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading Oh, God of freedom and of joyous hearts!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
plural of “mart” — an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
a public toilet for men
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
throughout a period of time
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
plural of “space” — the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading Oh, God of mountains, stars, and boundless spaces!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
in or at that place or location
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
at the time that
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When Thy face looketh forth from all men's faces There will be room enough in crowded marts.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Brood Thou around me, and the noise is o'er; Thy universe my closet with shut door.
Chapter 33 of We Two: A Novel by Edna Lyall holds 315 sentences, grouped into 63 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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