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Wild Youth, Complete

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.
The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.
To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.
To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.
But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.
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Wild Youth, Complete

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Wild Youth, Complete is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.
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The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.
/ðə aɪz wɪð wɪtʃ ʃiː lʊkt əˈpɑːn hɜːr nuː wɜːrld hæd ɪn ðem ðə ˈɡlɪmər nɑːt ˈoʊnli ʌv əˈweɪkənd ˈfiːlɪŋ bʌt ʌv əˈweɪkənd ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
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To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.
/tuː ðɪs taɪm ʃiː hæd enˈdjʊrd hɜːr eɪdʒd ˈhʌzbənd æz ə sleɪv kʌmz tuː ber ðə ˈlæʃɪz ʌv hɪz ˈmæstər wɪð peɪn wɪtʃ wɪl biː rɪˈnuːd ənd rɪˈnuːd bʌt peɪn ˈoʊnli ənd nɑːt ðə ˈdiːpər ˈtɔːrtʃər ʌv ðə soʊl fɔːr ʃiː hæd ˈnevər ˈrɪli ɡræspt wʌt ðer riˈleɪʃənz ment/
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To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.
/tuː hɜːr ɪt hæd ɔːl bɪn pɑːrt ʌv ðə ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl ˈmɪzəri ʌv laɪf/
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But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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endured verb US /enˈdjʊrd/

past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant

From this reading “To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.”

glimmer noun US /ˈɡlɪmər/

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

From this reading “The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.”

Joel noun US /ˈdʒoʊəl/

a Hebrew minor prophet

From this reading “But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.”

lashes noun US /ˈlæʃɪz/

plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

From this reading “To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.”

Orlando noun US /ɔːrˈlændoʊ/

a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World

From this reading “But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.”

revelation noun US /ˌrevəˈleɪʃən/

the speech act of making something evident

From this reading “But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.”

sunny adjective US /ˈsʌni/

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading “But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.”

unavoidable adjective US /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

impossible to avoid or evade

From this reading “To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

afternoonnounUS /ˌæftərˈnuːn/

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

agedadjectiveUS /eɪdʒd/

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

awakenedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪkənd/

aroused or activated

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

bearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

deeperadverbUS /ˈdiːpər/

comparative of “deeply” — to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

earsnounUS /ɪrz/

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

enduredverbUS /enˈdjʊrd/

past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

eyesnounUS /aɪz/

opinion or judgment

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

flamenounUS /fleɪm/

A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

flashverbUS /flæʃ/

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

gazedverbUS /ɡeɪzd/

past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

glimmernounUS /ˈɡlɪmər/

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

graspedverbUS /ɡræspt/

past form of “grasp” — hold firmly

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

Guise's

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From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

herspronounUS /hərz/

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

illadjectiveUS /ɪl/

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

JoelnounUS /ˈdʒoʊəl/

a Hebrew minor prophet

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

lashesnounUS /ˈlæʃɪz/

plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

lookedverbUS /lʊkt/

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

Louise

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

masternounUS /ˈmæstər/

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

Mazarine

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

meantverbUS /ment/

inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

miserynounUS /ˈmɪzəri/

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

From this reading To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

newadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

OrlandonounUS /ɔːrˈlændoʊ/

a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

painnounUS /peɪn/

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

paleadjectiveUS /peɪl/

very light colored; highly diluted with white

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

partnounUS /pɑːrt/

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

passverbUS /pæs/

go across or through

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

reallyadverbUS /ˈrɪli/

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

relationsnounUS /riˈleɪʃənz/

mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

renewedadjectiveUS /rɪˈnuːd/

restored to a new condition

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

revelationnounUS /ˌrevəˈleɪʃən/

the speech act of making something evident

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

seenverbUS /siːn/

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

slavenounUS /sleɪv/

a person who is owned by someone

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

soulnounUS /soʊl/

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

soundedverbUS /ˈsaʊndɪd/

past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

spreadverbUS /spred/

distribute or disperse widely

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

sunnyadjectiveUS /ˈsʌni/

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

sunrises

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From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

tortureverbUS /ˈtɔːrtʃər/

torment emotionally or mentally

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

tremblingnounUS /ˈtrembəlɪŋ/

a shaky motion

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

unavoidableadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

impossible to avoid or evade

From this reading To her it had all been part of the unavoidable misery of life.

understandingnounUS /ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

voicenounUS /vɔɪs/

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The eyes with which she looked upon her new world had in them the glimmer not only of awakened feeling but of awakened understanding.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading To this time she had endured her aged husband as a slave comes to bear the lashes of his master, with pain which will be renewed and renewed, but pain only, and not the deeper torture of the soul; for she had never really grasped what their relations meant.

windownounUS /ˈwɪndoʊ/

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

worldnounUS /wɜːrld/

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Between two sunrises Louise Mazarine had seen her old world pass in a flash of flame and a new world trembling with a new life spread out before her; had come to know what her old world really was.

yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading But on that sunny afternoon when Orlando Guise’s voice first sounded in her ears, and his eyes looked into hers as, pale and ill, she gazed at him from the window, a revelation came to her of what the three years of life with Joel Mazarine had really been.

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Askatoon
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Never
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Mazarines
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