Chapter 8 of When All the Woods Are Green: A Novel is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of When All the Woods Are Green: A Novel is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon. “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose. “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama. Nobody takes cold here. Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
Chapter 8 of When All the Woods Are Green: A Novel is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.””
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading “Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.””
of short duration or distance
From this reading “After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.”
a midday meal
From this reading “After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading ““No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.”
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading ““I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.”
plural of “toilet” — a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.”
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading ““I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.”
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.
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In this reading “After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.”
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
later than; following
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
of short duration or distance
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
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 “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.
a social unit living together
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
set up or found
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Nobody takes cold here.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
a midday meal
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody takes cold here.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
carry out
From this reading “No, I sha’n’t take cold, mama.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading Nobody takes cold here.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
plural of “toilet” — a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading After Rose and her father had made their brief toilets, they found the family at luncheon.
male cat
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom must be wet through to his bones—absolutely water-logged.”
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading “I was wet to the skin, and through it, I believe,” said Rose.
Chapter 8 of When All the Woods Are Green: A Novel by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 8 holds 447 sentences of When All the Woods Are Green: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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