Chapter 5 of What Necessity Knows is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of What Necessity Knows is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The day was duller now. The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white. The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again. The air was growing bitterly cold. When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
Chapter 5 of What Necessity Knows is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “bate” — moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading “When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.”
comparative of “dull” — lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “The day was duller now.”
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading “The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.”
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading “The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.”
past form of “moor” — secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading “When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.”
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.”
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.”
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading “The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.”
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anew
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air was growing bitterly cold.
third-person singular of “bate” — moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading The air was growing bitterly cold.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The air was growing bitterly cold.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day was duller now.
comparative of “dull” — lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading The day was duller now.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading The air was growing bitterly cold.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
to a considerable degree
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
past form of “moor” — secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
the middle of the day
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The day was duller now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
in the near future
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
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From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day was duller now.
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was duller now.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
at the time that
From this reading When Bates had moored his boat, he went up the hill heavily.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
a Caucasian
From this reading The sun, in passing into the western sky, had entered under thicker veils of white.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The film of ice on the bay, which had melted in the pale sunbeams of noon, would soon form again.
Chapter 5 of What Necessity Knows by L. (Lily) Dougall holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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