Chapter 6 of White Magic: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of White Magic: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late. How did she occupy her time? Chiefly in taking care of her person. She was not highly intelligent about this. She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
Chapter 6 of White Magic: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
for the most part
From this reading “Chiefly in taking care of her person.”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “She was not highly intelligent about this.”
characterized by hard work and perseverance
From this reading “Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.”
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
From this reading “She was not highly intelligent about this.”
past form of “invest” — make an investment
From this reading “She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.”
keep busy with
From this reading “How did she occupy her time?”
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.”
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading “She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.”
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 “She was not highly intelligent about this.”
In this reading “Chiefly in taking care of her person.”
In this reading “Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.”
In this reading “She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.”
In this reading “She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.”
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 Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was not highly intelligent about this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
for the most part
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did she occupy her time?
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading How did she occupy her time?
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading She was not highly intelligent about this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How did she occupy her time?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
characterized by hard work and perseverance
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
From this reading She was not highly intelligent about this.
past form of “invest” — make an investment
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not highly intelligent about this.
keep busy with
From this reading How did she occupy her time?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
a human being
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Chiefly in taking care of her person.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She was not highly intelligent about this.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading How did she occupy her time?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she was a most industrious woman, up early, to bed late.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading She wasted much of the time and most of the money she invested in the tragi-comic struggle for youth.
Chapter 6 of White Magic: A Novel by David Graham Phillips holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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