Chapter 24 of Women in Love is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Women in Love is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover. It was necessary now for the father to be in town. Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day. She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered. Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
Chapter 24 of Women in Love is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “defer” — hold back to a later time
From this reading “Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading “She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.”
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
From this reading “Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.”
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
From this reading “Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.”
possessive form of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading “Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.”
past form of “waver” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
inflected form of “defer” — hold back to a later time
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
a social unit living together
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
the act of departing
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
go away from a place
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
possessive form of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
absolutely essential
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
an educational institution
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
not in physical motion
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading It was necessary now for the father to be in town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MARRIAGE OR NOT The Brangwen family was going to move from Beldover.
past form of “waver” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Her month’s notice to leave the Grammar School was in its third week.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would not fix any definite time—she still wavered.
but in spite of that
From this reading Birkin had taken out a marriage licence, yet Ursula deferred from day to day.
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