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she flung herself into his arms, kissed him almost violently, and a moment later pushed her way through the saplings and disappeared into the wood with very little noise. | 168.749817 | 29.164455 | 57.842834 | 59.15205 | slightly fast | ʃi flʌŋ hɜ˞sɛlf ɪntu hɪz ɑɹmz, kɪst hɪm ɔlmoʊst vaɪʌlʌntli, ʌnd ʌ moʊmʌnt leɪtɜ˞ pʊʃt hɜ˞ weɪ θɹu ðʌ sæplɪŋz ʌnd dɪsʌpɪɹd ɪntu ðʌ wʊd wɪð vɛɹi lɪtʌl nɔɪz. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
even now he had not found out her surname or her address. | 176.103226 | 38.181187 | 28.913605 | 59.6008 | quite fast | ivɪn naʊ hi hæd nɑt faʊnd aʊt hɜ˞ sɜ˞neɪm ɔɹ hɜ˞ ædɹɛs. | very noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
however, it made no difference, for it was inconceivable that they could ever meet indoors or exchange any kind of written communication. | 184.64444 | 35.168098 | 58.461472 | 54.885193 | quite fast | haʊɛvɜ˞, ɪt meɪd noʊ dɪfɜ˞ʌns, fɔɹ ɪt wɑz ɪnkʌnsivʌbʌl ðæt ðeɪ kʊd ɛvɜ˞ mit ɪndɔɹz ɔɹ ɪkstʃeɪndʒ ɛni kaɪnd ʌv ɹɪtʌn kʌmjunʌkeɪʃʌn. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | slightly monotone |
as it happened, they never went back to the clearing in the wood. | 154.27066 | 38.580048 | 61.400646 | 59.761944 | quite fast | æz ɪt hæpʌnd, ðeɪ nɛvɜ˞ wɛnt bæk tu ðʌ klɪɹɪŋ ɪn ðʌ wʊd. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
during the month of may there was only one further occasion on which they actually succeeded in making love. | 175.404327 | 39.584171 | 58.56731 | 58.009857 | quite fast | dʊɹɪŋ ðʌ mʌnθ ʌv meɪ ðɛɹ wɑz oʊnli wʌn fɜ˞ðɜ˞ ʌkeɪʒʌn ɑn wɪtʃ ðeɪ æktʃuʌli sʌksidɪd ɪn meɪkɪŋ lʌv. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
that was in another hidlng place known to julia, the belfry of a ruinous church in an almost deserted stretch of country where an atomic bomb had fallen thirty years earlier. | 162.552719 | 31.751997 | 62.475388 | 55.026917 | slightly fast | ðæt wɑz ɪn ʌnʌðɜ˞ pleɪs noʊn tu dʒuljʌ, ðʌ bɛlfɹi ʌv ʌ ɹuʌnʌs tʃɜ˞tʃ ɪn æn ɔlmoʊst dɪzɜ˞tɪd stɹɛtʃ ʌv kʌntɹi wɛɹ æn ʌtɑmɪk bɑm hæd fɑlʌn θɜ˞di jɪɹz ɜ˞liɜ˞. | quite clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
it was a good hiding place when once you got there, but the getting there was very dangerous. | 160.416153 | 46.971214 | 57.158428 | 58.142956 | quite fast | ɪt wɑz ʌ ɡʊd haɪdɪŋ pleɪs wɛn wʌns ju ɡɑt ðɛɹ, bʌt ðʌ ɡɛtɪŋ ðɛɹ wɑz vɛɹi deɪndʒɜ˞ʌs. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
for the rest they could meet only in the streets, in a different place every evening and never for more than half an hour at a time. | 171.539307 | 38.772079 | 46.292595 | 57.841808 | very fast | fɔɹ ðʌ ɹɛst ðeɪ kʊd mit oʊnli ɪn ðʌ stɹits, ɪn ʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌnt pleɪs ɛvɜ˞i ivnɪŋ ʌnd nɛvɜ˞ fɔɹ mɔɹ ðæn hæf æn aʊɜ˞ æt ʌ taɪm. | slightly noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of big brother, but still more it was an act of self hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise. | 170.189636 | 33.929878 | 61.544678 | 55.058174 | quite fast | pɑɹtli ɪt wɑz ʌ sɔɹt ʌv hɪm tu ðʌ wɪzdʌm ʌnd mædʒʌsti ʌv bɪɡ bɹʌðɜ˞, bʌt stɪl mɔɹ ɪt wɑz æn ækt ʌv sɛlf hɪpnoʊsʌs, ʌ dɪlɪbɜ˞ʌt dɹaʊnɪŋ ʌv kɑnʃʌsnʌs baɪ minz ʌv ɹɪðmɪk nɔɪz. | quite clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
down at streetlevel another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word ingsoc. | 164.811691 | 26.446218 | 57.7472 | 59.524471 | moderate speed | daʊn æt ʌnʌðɜ˞ poʊstɜ˞, tɔɹn æt wʌn kɔɹnɜ˞, flæpt fɪtfʌli ɪn ðʌ waɪnd, ɔltɜ˞nʌtli kʌvɜ˞ɪŋ ʌnd ʌnkʌvɜ˞ɪŋ ðʌ sɪŋɡʌl wɜ˞d . | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
in the street it was usually possible to talk, after a fashion. | 173.178268 | 52.397671 | 66.219437 | 59.281593 | quite fast | ɪn ðʌ stɹit ɪt wɑz juʒʌwʌli pɑsʌbʌl tu tɔk, æftɜ˞ ʌ fæʃʌn. | quite clear | very confined sounding | moderate intonation |
as they drifted down the crowded pavements, not quite abreast and never looking at one another, they carried on a curious, intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse, suddenly nipped into silence by the approach of a party uniform or the proximity of a telescreen, then taken up again minutes later in the middle of a sentence, then abruptly cut short as they parted at the agreed spot, then continued almost without introduction on the following day. | 168.049652 | 42.530903 | 60.135677 | 57.691608 | slightly fast | æz ðeɪ dɹɪftʌd daʊn ðʌ kɹaʊdʌd peɪvmʌnts, nɑt kwaɪt ʌbɹɛst ʌnd nɛvɜ˞ lʊkɪŋ æt wʌn ʌnʌðɜ˞, ðeɪ kæɹid ɑn ʌ kjʊɹiʌs, ɪntɜ˞mɪtʌnt kɑnvɜ˞seɪʃʌn wɪtʃ ɑn ʌnd ɔf laɪk ðʌ bimz ʌv ʌ laɪthaʊs, sʌdʌnli nɪpt ɪntu saɪlʌns baɪ ðʌ ʌpɹoʊtʃ ʌv ʌ pɑɹti junʌfɔɹm ɔɹ ðʌ pɹɑksɪmʌti ʌv ʌ , ðɛn teɪkʌn ʌp ʌɡɛn mɪnʌts leɪtɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ mɪdʌl ʌv ʌ sɛntʌns, ðɛn ʌbɹʌptli kʌt ʃɔɹt æz ðeɪ pɑɹtɪd æt ðʌ ʌɡɹid spɑt, ðɛn kʌntɪnjud ɔlmoʊst wɪθaʊt ɪntɹʌdʌkʃʌn ɑn ðʌ fɑloʊɪŋ deɪ. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
julia appeared to be quite used to this kind of conversation, which she called 'talking by instalments'. | 195.641983 | 70.024117 | 58.896442 | 55.145847 | slightly fast | dʒuljʌ ʌpɪɹd tu bi kwaɪt juzd tu ðɪs kaɪnd ʌv kɑnvɜ˞seɪʃʌn, wɪtʃ ʃi kɔld 'tɔkɪŋ baɪ '. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | slightly expressive |
she was also surprisingly adept at speaking without moving her lips. | 186.037674 | 45.777367 | 49.581371 | 59.820293 | quite fast | ʃi wɑz ɔlsoʊ sɜ˞pɹaɪzɪŋli ʌdɛpt æt spikɪŋ wɪθaʊt muvɪŋ hɜ˞ lɪps. | moderate ambient sound | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
just once in almost a month of nightly meetings they managed to exchange a kiss. | 164.209427 | 48.755646 | 30.053564 | 58.593037 | quite fast | dʒʌst wʌns ɪn ɔlmoʊst ʌ mʌnθ ʌv naɪtli mitɪŋz ðeɪ mænʌdʒd tu ɪkstʃeɪndʒ ʌ kɪs. | very noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
they were passing in silence down a side street julia would never speak when they were away from the main streets when there was a deafening roar, the earth heaved, and the air darkened, and winston found himself lying on his side, bruised and terrified. | 174.439636 | 25.620817 | 62.277084 | 58.512856 | slightly fast | ðeɪ wɜ˞ pæsɪŋ ɪn saɪlʌns daʊn ʌ saɪd stɹit dʒuljʌ wʊd nɛvɜ˞ spik wɛn ðeɪ wɜ˞ ʌweɪ fɹʌm ðʌ meɪn stɹits wɛn ðɛɹ wɑz ʌ dɛfʌnɪŋ ɹɔɹ, ðʌ ɜ˞θ hivd, ʌnd ðʌ ɛɹ dɑɹkʌnd, ʌnd wɪnstʌn faʊnd hɪmsɛlf laɪɪŋ ɑn hɪz saɪd, bɹuzd ʌnd tɛɹʌfaɪd. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
a rocket bomb must have dropped quite near at hand. | 150.666489 | 22.016363 | 57.438599 | 59.589832 | quite fast | ʌ ɹɑkʌt bɑm mʌst hæv dɹɑpt kwaɪt nɪɹ æt hænd. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
suddenly he became aware of julia's face a few centimetres from his own, deathly white, as white as chalk. | 156.30162 | 20.591845 | 56.511272 | 57.907433 | slightly fast | sʌdʌnli hi bɪkeɪm ʌwɛɹ ʌv dʒuljʌ'ɛs feɪs ʌ fju sɛntʌmitɜ˞z fɹʌm hɪz oʊn, dɛθli waɪt, æz waɪt æz tʃɑk. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
even her lips were white. | 167.802841 | 22.258682 | 60.976875 | 59.694099 | slightly fast | ivɪn hɜ˞ lɪps wɜ˞ waɪt. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she was dead! | 188.999603 | 72.159683 | 66.325226 | 38.447994 | slightly slowly | ʃi wɑz dɛd! | quite clear | quite roomy sounding | slightly expressive |
winston's entrails seemed to grow cold. | 190.711136 | 52.170712 | 50.466671 | 49.181816 | quite fast | wɪnstʌn'ɛs ɛntɹʌlz simd tu ɡɹoʊ koʊld. | moderate ambient sound | slightly confined sounding | slightly monotone |
he clasped her against him and found that he was kissing a live warm face. | 168.137451 | 24.846615 | 45.378929 | 50.859901 | quite fast | hi klæspt hɜ˞ ʌɡɛnst hɪm ʌnd faʊnd ðæt hi wɑz kɪsɪŋ ʌ laɪv wɔɹm feɪs. | slightly noisy | slightly confined sounding | quite monotone |
but there was some powdery stuff that got in the way of his lips. | 171.620239 | 43.047935 | 35.888493 | 57.403873 | quite fast | bʌt ðɛɹ wɑz sʌm paʊdɜ˞i stʌf ðæt ɡɑt ɪn ðʌ weɪ ʌv hɪz lɪps. | quite noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
both of their faces were thickly coated with plaster. | 164.946045 | 34.525486 | 54.795727 | 52.634327 | slightly fast | boʊθ ʌv ðɛɹ feɪsʌz wɜ˞ θɪkli koʊtʌd wɪð plæstɜ˞. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
there were evenings when they reached their rendezvous and then had to walk past one another without a sign, because a patrol had just come round the corner or a helicopter was hovering overhead. | 179.263199 | 40.997467 | 57.886894 | 55.609222 | quite fast | ðɛɹ wɜ˞ ivnɪŋz wɛn ðeɪ ɹitʃt ðɛɹ ɹɑndɪvu ʌnd ðɛn hæd tu wɔk pæst wʌn ʌnʌðɜ˞ wɪθaʊt ʌ saɪn, bɪkɔz ʌ pʌtɹoʊl hæd dʒʌst kʌm ɹaʊnd ðʌ kɔɹnɜ˞ ɔɹ ʌ hɛlɪkɑptɜ˞ wɑz hʌvɜ˞ɪŋ oʊvɜ˞hɛd. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | slightly monotone |
even if it had been less dangerous, it would still have been difficult to find time to meet. | 155.61264 | 25.53157 | 55.88327 | 56.798904 | quite fast | ivɪn ɪf ɪt hæd bɪn lɛs deɪndʒɜ˞ʌs, ɪt wʊd stɪl hæv bɪn dɪfʌkʌlt tu faɪnd taɪm tu mit. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
winston's working week was sixty hours, julia's was even longer, and their free days varied according to the pressure of work and did not often coincide. | 173.064224 | 49.996548 | 59.969875 | 54.695297 | slightly fast | wɪnstʌn'ɛs wɜ˞kɪŋ wik wɑz sɪksti aʊɜ˞z, dʒuljʌ'ɛs wɑz ivɪn lɔŋɡɜ˞, ʌnd ðɛɹ fɹi deɪz vɛɹid ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu ðʌ pɹɛʃɜ˞ ʌv wɜ˞k ʌnd dɪd nɑt ɔfʌn koʊɪnsaɪd. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | slightly monotone |
julia, in any case, seldom had an evening completely free. | 156.418579 | 28.808102 | 65.909966 | 59.461208 | quite fast | dʒuljʌ, ɪn ɛni keɪs, sɛldʌm hæd æn ivnɪŋ kʌmplitli fɹi. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she spent an astonishing amount of time in attending lectures and demonstrations, distributing literature for the junior anti sex league, preparing banners for hate week, making collections for the savings campaign, and such like activities. | 171.159988 | 30.252817 | 54.134418 | 55.515003 | quite fast | ʃi spɛnt æn ʌstɑnɪʃɪŋ ʌmaʊnt ʌv taɪm ɪn ʌtɛndɪŋ lɛktʃɜ˞z ʌnd dɛmʌnstɹeɪʃʌnz, dɪstɹɪbjutɪŋ lɪtɜ˞ʌtʃɜ˞ fɔɹ ðʌ dʒunjɜ˞ ænti sɛks liɡ, pɹipɛɹɪŋ bænɜ˞z fɔɹ heɪt wik, meɪkɪŋ kʌlɛkʃʌnz fɔɹ ðʌ seɪvɪŋz kæmpeɪn, ʌnd sʌtʃ laɪk æktɪvʌtiz. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
it paid, she said, it was camouflage. | 149.897186 | 29.957117 | 55.121376 | 58.710468 | slightly fast | ɪt peɪd, ʃi sɛd, ɪt wɑz kæmʌflɑʒ. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
if you kept the small rules, you could break the big ones. | 157.010406 | 49.486298 | 66.211441 | 59.099285 | slightly fast | ɪf ju kɛpt ðʌ smɔl ɹulz, ju kʊd bɹeɪk ðʌ bɪɡ wʌnz. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
in the two minutes hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this sub human chanting of 'b b!. | 166.751343 | 24.977961 | 58.260117 | 59.455875 | quite fast | ɪn ðʌ tu mɪnʌts heɪt hi kʊd nɑt hɛlp ʃɛɹɪŋ ɪn ðʌ dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl dɪlɪɹiʌm, bʌt ðɪs sʌb hjumʌn tʃæntɪŋ ʌv 'bi bi!. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she even induced winston to mortgage yet another of his evenings by enrolling himself for the part time munition work which was done voluntarily by zealous party members. | 177.291199 | 29.132149 | 50.47533 | 54.954041 | quite fast | ʃi ivɪn ɪndust wɪnstʌn tu mɔɹɡʌdʒ jɛt ʌnʌðɜ˞ ʌv hɪz ivnɪŋz baɪ ɛnɹoʊlɪŋ hɪmsɛlf fɔɹ ðʌ pɑɹt taɪm mjunɪʃʌn wɜ˞k wɪtʃ wɑz dʌn vɑlʌntɛɹʌli baɪ zɛlʌs pɑɹti mɛmbɜ˞z. | moderate ambient sound | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
so, one evening every week, winston spent four hours of paralysing boredom, screwing together small bits of metal which were probably parts of bomb fuses, in a draughty, ill lit workshop where the knocking of hammers mingled drearily with the music of the telescreens. | 176.766373 | 31.773788 | 61.096199 | 55.770321 | moderate speed | soʊ, wʌn ivnɪŋ ɛvɜ˞i wik, wɪnstʌn spɛnt fɔɹ aʊɜ˞z ʌv bɔɹdʌm, skɹuɪŋ tʌɡɛðɜ˞ smɔl bɪts ʌv mɛtʌl wɪtʃ wɜ˞ pɹɑbʌbli pɑɹts ʌv bɑm fjuzʌz, ɪn ʌ , ɪl lɪt wɜ˞kʃɑp wɛɹ ðʌ nɑkɪŋ ʌv hæmɜ˞z mɪŋɡʌld wɪð ðʌ mjuzɪk ʌv ðʌ . | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
when they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. | 177.456207 | 43.163498 | 59.848389 | 58.08577 | quite fast | wɛn ðeɪ mɛt ɪn ðʌ tʃɜ˞tʃ taʊɜ˞ ðʌ ɡæps ɪn ðɛɹ fɹæɡmʌntɛɹi kɑnvɜ˞seɪʃʌn wɜ˞ fɪld ʌp. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
it was a blazing afternoon. | 152.491669 | 13.588957 | 67.015213 | 59.807011 | slightly fast | ɪt wɑz ʌ bleɪzɪŋ æftɜ˞nun. | quite clear | very confined sounding | very monotone |
the air in the little square chamber above the bells was hot and stagnant, and smelt overpoweringly of pigeon dung. | 165.162125 | 23.451181 | 60.674847 | 59.408821 | slightly fast | ðʌ ɛɹ ɪn ðʌ lɪtʌl skwɛɹ tʃeɪmbɜ˞ ʌbʌv ðʌ bɛlz wɑz hɑt ʌnd stæɡnʌnt, ʌnd smɛlt ʌv pɪdʒʌn dʌŋ. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
they sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming. | 168.531158 | 21.981901 | 61.328529 | 58.90284 | slightly fast | ðeɪ sæt tɔkɪŋ fɔɹ aʊɜ˞z ɑn ðʌ dʌsti, twɪɡ lɪtɜ˞d flɔɹ, wʌn ɔɹ ʌðɜ˞ ʌv ðɛm ɡɛtɪŋ ʌp fɹʌm taɪm tu taɪm tu kæst ʌ ɡlæns θɹu ðʌ ʌnd meɪk ʃʊɹ ðæt noʊ wʌn wɑz kʌmɪŋ. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
julia was twenty six years old. | 169.757309 | 35.37822 | 64.395523 | 59.698101 | quite fast | dʒuljʌ wɑz twɛnti sɪks jɪɹz oʊld. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
she lived in a hostel with thirty other girls 'always in the stink of women! | 187.198059 | 41.515442 | 47.44619 | 58.276863 | quite fast | ʃi lɪvd ɪn ʌ hɑstʌl wɪð θɜ˞di ʌðɜ˞ ɡɜ˞lz 'ɔlweɪz ɪn ðʌ stɪŋk ʌv wɪmʌn! | moderate ambient sound | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
how i hate women!' | 216.16922 | 57.670483 | 64.518661 | 57.342171 | moderate speed | haʊ aɪ heɪt wɪmʌn!' | quite clear | very confined sounding | moderate intonation |
she said parenthetically, and she worked, as he had guessed, on the novel writing machines in the fiction department. | 163.347733 | 51.677135 | 61.51442 | 57.508503 | slightly fast | ʃi sɛd pɜ˞ɛnθɛtɪkʌli, ʌnd ʃi wɜ˞kt, æz hi hæd ɡɛst, ɑn ðʌ nɑvʌl ɹaɪtɪŋ mʌʃinz ɪn ðʌ fɪkʃʌn dɪpɑɹtmʌnt. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
b b!' always filled him with horror. | 142.542297 | 27.048326 | 64.963577 | 59.661312 | quite fast | bi bi!' ɔlweɪz fɪld hɪm wɪð hɔɹɜ˞. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she enjoyed her work, which consisted chiefly in running and servicing a powerful but tricky electric motor. | 175.856232 | 42.826485 | 62.924084 | 58.336712 | quite fast | ʃi ɛndʒɔɪd hɜ˞ wɜ˞k, wɪtʃ kʌnsɪstʌd tʃifli ɪn ɹʌnɪŋ ʌnd sɜ˞vɪsɪŋ ʌ paʊɜ˞fʌl bʌt tɹɪki ɪlɛktɹɪk moʊtɜ˞. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
she was 'not clever', but was fond of using her hands and felt at home with machinery. | 157.371033 | 24.190659 | 64.880524 | 57.069897 | quite fast | ʃi wɑz 'nɑt klɛvɜ˞', bʌt wɑz fɑnd ʌv juzɪŋ hɜ˞ hændz ʌnd fɛlt æt hoʊm wɪð mʌʃinɜ˞i. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she could describe the whole process of composing a novel, from the general directive issued by the planning committee down to the final touching up by the rewrite squad. | 171.236572 | 30.294374 | 63.218712 | 59.799278 | quite fast | ʃi kʊd dɪskɹaɪb ðʌ hoʊl pɹɑsɛs ʌv kʌmpoʊzɪŋ ʌ nɑvʌl, fɹʌm ðʌ dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl dɜ˞ɛktɪv ɪʃud baɪ ðʌ plænɪŋ kʌmɪti daʊn tu ðʌ faɪnʌl tʌtʃɪŋ ʌp baɪ ðʌ ɹiɹaɪt skwɑd. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
but she was not interested in the finished product. | 171.717422 | 79.495529 | 60.963116 | 54.090595 | quite fast | bʌt ʃi wɑz nɑt ɪntɹʌstɪd ɪn ðʌ fɪnɪʃt pɹɑdʌkt. | quite clear | quite confined sounding | slightly expressive |
she 'didn't much care for reading,' she said. | 188.805435 | 69.294678 | 20.553205 | 55.248184 | slightly fast | ʃi ''ti mʌtʃ kɛɹ fɔɹ ɹidɪŋ,' ʃi sɛd. | very noisy | quite confined sounding | moderate intonation |
books were just a commodity that had to be produced, like jam or bootlaces. | 161.717346 | 37.435577 | 58.672638 | 55.365997 | slightly fast | bʊks wɜ˞ dʒʌst ʌ kʌmɑdʌti ðæt hæd tu bi pɹʌdust, laɪk dʒæm ɔɹ . | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | slightly monotone |
she had no memories of anything before the early sixties and the only person she had ever known who talked frequently of the days before the revolution was a grandfather who had disappeared when she was eight. | 172.337463 | 27.316174 | 43.290668 | 53.953075 | quite fast | ʃi hæd noʊ mɛmɜ˞iz ʌv ɛniθɪŋ bɪfɔɹ ðʌ ɜ˞li sɪkstiz ʌnd ðʌ oʊnli pɜ˞sʌn ʃi hæd ɛvɜ˞ noʊn hu tɔkt fɹikwʌntli ʌv ðʌ deɪz bɪfɔɹ ðʌ ɹɛvʌluʃʌn wɑz ʌ ɡɹændfɑðɜ˞ hu hæd dɪsʌpɪɹd wɛn ʃi wɑz eɪt. | slightly noisy | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
at school she had been captain of the hockey team and had won the gymnastics trophy two years running. | 172.257019 | 28.72599 | 66.43483 | 59.619167 | quite fast | æt skul ʃi hæd bɪn kæptʌn ʌv ðʌ hɑki tim ʌnd hæd wʌn ðʌ dʒɪmnæstɪks tɹoʊfi tu jɪɹz ɹʌnɪŋ. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she had been a troop leader in the spies and a branch secretary in the youth league before joining the junior anti sex league. | 175.063293 | 47.597202 | 41.807743 | 58.066517 | quite fast | ʃi hæd bɪn ʌ tɹup lidɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ spaɪz ʌnd ʌ bɹæntʃ sɛkɹʌtɛɹi ɪn ðʌ juθ liɡ bɪfɔɹ dʒɔɪnɪŋ ðʌ dʒunjɜ˞ ænti sɛks liɡ. | slightly noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
she had always borne an excellent character. | 181.492859 | 52.300762 | 38.487057 | 50.341389 | quite fast | ʃi hæd ɔlweɪz bɔɹn æn ɛksʌlʌnt kɛɹɪktɜ˞. | quite noisy | slightly confined sounding | moderate intonation |
of course he chanted with the rest, it was impossible to do otherwise. | 140.789322 | 27.241043 | 54.753471 | 59.251892 | quite fast | ʌv kɔɹs hi tʃæntɪd wɪð ðʌ ɹɛst, ɪt wɑz ɪmpɑsʌbʌl tu du ʌðɜ˞waɪz. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she had even an infallibie mark of good reputation been picked out to work in pornosec, the sub section of the fiction department which turned out cheap pornography for distribution among the proles. | 175.789017 | 37.21405 | 63.279942 | 56.232132 | slightly fast | ʃi hæd ivɪn æn mɑɹk ʌv ɡʊd ɹɛpjʌteɪʃʌn bɪn pɪkt aʊt tu wɜ˞k ɪn , ðʌ sʌb sɛkʃʌn ʌv ðʌ fɪkʃʌn dɪpɑɹtmʌnt wɪtʃ tɜ˞nd aʊt tʃip pɔɹnɑɡɹʌfi fɔɹ dɪstɹʌbjuʃʌn ʌmʌŋ ðʌ . | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
it was nicknamed muck house by the people who worked in it, she remarked. | 163.160233 | 36.751644 | 57.922695 | 59.73843 | slightly fast | ɪt wɑz nɪkneɪmd mʌk haʊs baɪ ðʌ pipʌl hu wɜ˞kt ɪn ɪt, ʃi ɹɪmɑɹkt. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
there she had remained for a year, helping to produce booklets in sealed packets with titles like spanking stories or one night in a girls' school, to be bought furtively by proletarian youths who were under the impression that they were buying something illegal. | 167.138123 | 25.518469 | 59.943439 | 58.493 | slightly fast | ðɛɹ ʃi hæd ɹɪmeɪnd fɔɹ ʌ jɪɹ, hɛlpɪŋ tu pɹʌdus bʊklɪts ɪn sild pækɪts wɪð taɪtʌlz laɪk spæŋkɪŋ stɔɹiz ɔɹ wʌn naɪt ɪn ʌ ɡɜ˞lz' skul, tu bi bɑt fɜ˞tɪvli baɪ pɹoʊlʌtɛɹiʌn juðz hu wɜ˞ ʌndɜ˞ ðʌ ɪmpɹɛʃʌn ðæt ðeɪ wɜ˞ baɪɪŋ sʌmθɪŋ ɪliɡʌl. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
'what are these books like?' | 147.88887 | 38.264702 | 59.341537 | 59.69809 | slightly fast | 'wʌt ɑɹ ðiz bʊks laɪk?' | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
said winston curiously. | 149.72847 | 11.303893 | 65.759926 | 41.630623 | moderate speed | sɛd wɪnstʌn kjʊɹiʌsli. | quite clear | slightly roomy sounding | very monotone |
'oh, ghastly rubbish. | 199.409149 | 35.587662 | 65.234673 | 56.360321 | moderate speed | 'oʊ, ɡæstli ɹʌbɪʃ. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
they're boring, really. | 229.626129 | 51.253056 | 61.191635 | 59.631062 | slightly fast | ðeɪ'ɹeɪ bɔɹɪŋ, ɹɪli. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
they only have six plots, but they swap them round a bit. | 166.99263 | 23.859299 | 62.706665 | 59.843796 | quite fast | ðeɪ oʊnli hæv sɪks plɑts, bʌt ðeɪ swɑp ðɛm ɹaʊnd ʌ bɪt. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
of course i was only on the kaleidoscopes. | 159.655716 | 25.890236 | 59.325413 | 59.836803 | moderate speed | ʌv kɔɹs aɪ wɑz oʊnli ɑn ðʌ . | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
i was never in the rewrite squad. | 152.419449 | 20.603247 | 64.956657 | 50.195087 | quite fast | aɪ wɑz nɛvɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ ɹiɹaɪt skwɑd. | quite clear | slightly confined sounding | quite monotone |
to dissemble your feelings, to control your face, to do what everyone else was doing, was an instinctive reaction. | 158.977722 | 35.730423 | 55.033165 | 59.133602 | slightly fast | tu dɪsɛmbʌl jɔɹ filɪŋz, tu kʌntɹoʊl jɔɹ feɪs, tu du wʌt ɛvɹiwʌn ɛls wɑz duɪŋ, wɑz æn ɪnstɪŋktɪv ɹiækʃʌn. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
i'm not literary, dear not even enough for that.' | 158.969635 | 26.504915 | 65.359978 | 58.118839 | quite fast | aɪ'ɛm nɑt lɪtɜ˞ɛɹi, dɪɹ nɑt ivɪn ɪnʌf fɔɹ ðæt.' | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
he learned with astonishment that all the workers in pornosec, except the heads of the departments, were girls. | 184.34906 | 39.138836 | 57.750221 | 59.196636 | slightly fast | hi lɜ˞nd wɪð ʌstɑnɪʃmʌnt ðæt ɔl ðʌ wɜ˞kɜ˞z ɪn , ɪksɛpt ðʌ hɛdz ʌv ðʌ dɪpɑɹtmʌnts, wɜ˞ ɡɜ˞lz. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
the theory was that men, whose sex instincts were less controllable than those of women, were in greater danger of being corrupted by the filth they handled. | 155.623428 | 31.146145 | 51.966145 | 59.113071 | slightly fast | ðʌ θɪɹi wɑz ðæt mɛn, huz sɛks ɪnstɪŋkts wɜ˞ lɛs kʌntɹoʊlʌbʌl ðæn ðoʊz ʌv wɪmʌn, wɜ˞ ɪn ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ deɪndʒɜ˞ ʌv biɪŋ kɜ˞ʌptɪd baɪ ðʌ fɪlθ ðeɪ hændʌld. | moderate ambient sound | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
'they don't even like having married women there,' she added. | 154.940918 | 13.636201 | 70.898842 | 59.405766 | quite fast | 'ðeɪ dɑn'ti ivɪn laɪk hævɪŋ mɛɹid wɪmʌn ðɛɹ,' ʃi ædʌd. | very clear | very confined sounding | very monotone |
'girls are always supposed to be so pure. | 192.929245 | 44.822487 | 62.948463 | 51.65498 | quite fast | 'ɡɜ˞lz ɑɹ ɔlweɪz sʌpoʊzd tu bi soʊ pjʊɹ. | quite clear | quite confined sounding | slightly monotone |
here's one who isn't, anyway.' | 130.698898 | 28.896595 | 65.83474 | 59.884941 | quite fast | hiɹ'ɛs wʌn hu 'ti, ɛniweɪ.' | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she had had her first love affair when she was sixteen, with a party member of sixty who later committed suicide to avoid arrest. | 174.401566 | 29.782429 | 53.017696 | 56.779942 | quite fast | ʃi hæd hæd hɜ˞ fɜ˞st lʌv ʌfɛɹ wɛn ʃi wɑz sɪkstin, wɪð ʌ pɑɹti mɛmbɜ˞ ʌv sɪksti hu leɪtɜ˞ kʌmɪtɪd suʌsaɪd tu ʌvɔɪd ɜ˞ɛst. | moderate ambient sound | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
'and a good job too,' said julia, 'otherwise they'd have had my name out of him when he confessed.' | 181.272507 | 44.926891 | 65.248077 | 59.582024 | quite fast | 'ʌnd ʌ ɡʊd dʒɑb tu,' sɛd dʒuljʌ, 'ʌðɜ˞waɪz ðeɪ'di hæv hæd maɪ neɪm aʊt ʌv hɪm wɛn hi kʌnfɛst.' | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
since then there had been various others. | 174.202545 | 51.882622 | 28.633251 | 58.431023 | slightly fast | sɪns ðɛn ðɛɹ hæd bɪn vɛɹiʌs ʌðɜ˞z. | very noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
life as she saw it was quite simple. | 176.899948 | 36.940788 | 57.194954 | 56.075176 | slightly fast | laɪf æz ʃi sɔ ɪt wɑz kwaɪt sɪmpʌl. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
but there was a space of a couple of seconds during which the expression of his eyes might conceivably have betrayed him. | 180.403564 | 33.478401 | 66.784355 | 55.863453 | quite fast | bʌt ðɛɹ wɑz ʌ speɪs ʌv ʌ kʌpʌl ʌv sɛkʌndz dʊɹɪŋ wɪtʃ ðʌ ɪkspɹɛʃʌn ʌv hɪz aɪz maɪt kʌnsivʌbli hæv bɪtɹeɪd hɪm. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
you wanted a good time, 'they', meaning the party, wanted to stop you having it, you broke the rules as best you couid. | 152.163971 | 22.875256 | 69.596786 | 58.544979 | slightly fast | ju wɔntɪd ʌ ɡʊd taɪm, 'ðeɪ', minɪŋ ðʌ pɑɹti, wɔntɪd tu stɑp ju hævɪŋ ɪt, ju bɹoʊk ðʌ ɹulz æz bɛst ju . | very clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she seemed to think it just as natural that 'they' should want to rob you of your pleasures as that you should want to avoid being caught. | 170.57782 | 26.568098 | 48.997684 | 55.055782 | quite fast | ʃi simd tu θɪŋk ɪt dʒʌst æz nætʃɜ˞ʌl ðæt 'ðeɪ' ʃʊd wɑnt tu ɹɑb ju ʌv jɔɹ plɛʒɜ˞z æz ðæt ju ʃʊd wɑnt tu ʌvɔɪd biɪŋ kɑt. | moderate ambient sound | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
she hated the party, and said so in the crudest words, but she made no general criticism of it. | 168.780594 | 34.827827 | 57.234852 | 55.705875 | slightly fast | ʃi heɪtʌd ðʌ pɑɹti, ʌnd sɛd soʊ ɪn ðʌ wɜ˞dz, bʌt ʃi meɪd noʊ dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl kɹɪtɪsɪzʌm ʌv ɪt. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
except where it touched upon her own life she had no interest in party doctrine. | 159.477524 | 24.95719 | 62.019875 | 57.691517 | quite fast | ɪksɛpt wɛɹ ɪt tʌtʃt ʌpɑn hɜ˞ oʊn laɪf ʃi hæd noʊ ɪntɹʌst ɪn pɑɹti dɑktɹʌn. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
he noticed that she never used newspeak words except the ones that had passed into everyday use. | 183.028702 | 52.872402 | 51.165844 | 57.887623 | quite fast | hi noʊtʌst ðæt ʃi nɛvɜ˞ juzd nuspik wɜ˞dz ɪksɛpt ðʌ wʌnz ðæt hæd pæst ɪntu ɛvɹideɪ jus. | moderate ambient sound | very confined sounding | moderate intonation |
she had never heard of the brotherhood, and refused to believe in its existence. | 183.881897 | 48.419151 | 63.314228 | 50.665222 | quite fast | ʃi hæd nɛvɜ˞ hɜ˞d ʌv ðʌ bɹʌðɜ˞hʊd, ʌnd ɹʌfjuzd tu bɪliv ɪn ɪts ɛɡzɪstʌns. | quite clear | slightly confined sounding | slightly monotone |
any kind of organized revolt against the party, which was bound to be a failure, struck her as stupid. | 165.991959 | 40.335991 | 46.965279 | 59.481346 | quite fast | ɛni kaɪnd ʌv ɔɹɡʌnaɪzd ɹɪvoʊlt ʌɡɛnst ðʌ pɑɹti, wɪtʃ wɑz baʊnd tu bi ʌ feɪljɜ˞, stɹʌk hɜ˞ æz stupʌd. | slightly noisy | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
the clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive all the same. | 150.616623 | 18.123503 | 64.0924 | 55.44944 | quite fast | ðʌ klɛvɜ˞ θɪŋ wɑz tu bɹeɪk ðʌ ɹulz ʌnd steɪ ʌlaɪv ɔl ðʌ seɪm. | quite clear | quite confined sounding | quite monotone |
he wondered vaguely how many others like her there might be in the younger generation people who had grown up in the world of the revolution, knowing nothing else, accepting the party as something unalterable, like the sky, not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog. | 172.960892 | 33.707592 | 67.927444 | 56.63932 | slightly fast | hi wʌndɜ˞d veɪɡli haʊ mɛni ʌðɜ˞z laɪk hɜ˞ ðɛɹ maɪt bi ɪn ðʌ jʌŋɡɜ˞ dʒɛnɜ˞eɪʃʌn pipʌl hu hæd ɡɹoʊn ʌp ɪn ðʌ wɜ˞ld ʌv ðʌ ɹɛvʌluʃʌn, noʊɪŋ nʌθɪŋ ɛls, æksɛptɪŋ ðʌ pɑɹti æz sʌmθɪŋ ʌnɔltɜ˞ʌbʌl, laɪk ðʌ skaɪ, nɑt ɹɪbɛlɪŋ ʌɡɛnst ɪts ʌθɔɹʌti bʌt sɪmpli ɪveɪdɪŋ ɪt, æz ʌ ɹæbʌt dɑdʒɪz ʌ dɔɡ. | very clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
they did not discuss the possibility of getting married. | 148.407333 | 15.678685 | 35.207699 | 59.595119 | quite fast | ðeɪ dɪd nɑt dɪskʌs ðʌ pɑsʌbɪlʌti ʌv ɡɛtɪŋ mɛɹid. | quite noisy | very confined sounding | very monotone |
and it was exactly at this moment that the significant thing happened if, indeed, it did happen. | 143.909332 | 21.673857 | 64.47802 | 59.814659 | quite fast | ʌnd ɪt wɑz ɪɡzæktli æt ðɪs moʊmʌnt ðæt ðʌ sʌɡnɪfɪkʌnt θɪŋ hæpʌnd ɪf, ɪndid, ɪt dɪd hæpʌn. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
it was too remote to be worth thinking about. | 168.732559 | 19.421972 | 66.088234 | 59.85899 | quite fast | ɪt wɑz tu ɹɪmoʊt tu bi wɜ˞θ θɪŋkɪŋ ʌbaʊt. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
no imaginable committee would ever sanction such a marriage even if katharine, winston's wife, could somehow have been got rid of. | 172.160355 | 31.713699 | 56.483753 | 56.014309 | slightly fast | noʊ ɪmædʒʌnʌbʌl kʌmɪti wʊd ɛvɜ˞ sæŋkʃʌn sʌtʃ ʌ mɛɹɪdʒ ivɪn ɪf kæθɹɪn, wɪnstʌn'ɛs waɪf, kʊd sʌmhaʊ hæv bɪn ɡɑt ɹɪd ʌv. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
it was hopeless even as a daydream. | 172.448853 | 40.301609 | 64.232925 | 59.80331 | slightly fast | ɪt wɑz hoʊplʌs ivɪn æz ʌ deɪdɹim. | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
'what was she like, your wife?' | 217.156601 | 32.64193 | 50.036858 | 44.776733 | slightly fast | 'wʌt wɑz ʃi laɪk, jɔɹ waɪf?' | moderate ambient sound | moderate reverberation | quite monotone |
said julia. | 136.352081 | 8.206711 | 56.536865 | 53.892227 | slightly slowly | sɛd dʒuljʌ. | slightly clear | quite confined sounding | very monotone |
'she was do you know the newspeak word goodthinkful? | 181.578644 | 19.094841 | 67.669357 | 59.636997 | moderate speed | 'ʃi wɑz du ju noʊ ðʌ nuspik wɜ˞d ? | very clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
meaning naturally orthodox, incapable of thinking a bad thought?' | 209.844696 | 54.925945 | 61.300583 | 56.212833 | slightly fast | minɪŋ nætʃɜ˞ʌli ɔɹθʌdɑks, ɪnkeɪpʌbʌl ʌv θɪŋkɪŋ ʌ bæd θɔt?' | quite clear | very confined sounding | moderate intonation |
'no, i didn't know the word, but i know the kind of person, right enough.' | 176.412872 | 40.695972 | 63.152153 | 56.513565 | very fast | 'noʊ, aɪ 'ti noʊ ðʌ wɜ˞d, bʌt aɪ noʊ ðʌ kaɪnd ʌv pɜ˞sʌn, ɹaɪt ɪnʌf.' | quite clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
he began telling her the story of his married life, but curiousiy enough she appeared to know the essential parts of it already. | 177.249924 | 34.829643 | 63.716869 | 59.661732 | slightly fast | hi bɪɡæn tɛlɪŋ hɜ˞ ðʌ stɔɹi ʌv hɪz mɛɹid laɪf, bʌt ɪnʌf ʃi ʌpɪɹd tu noʊ ðʌ ɛsɛnʃʌl pɑɹts ʌv ɪt ɔlɹɛdi. | quite clear | very confined sounding | quite monotone |
she described to him, almost as though she had seen or felt it, the stiffening of katharine's body as soon as he touched her, the way in which she still seemed to be pushing him from her with all her strength, even when her arms were clasped tightly round him. | 181.191208 | 39.17363 | 55.592846 | 56.604015 | slightly fast | ʃi dɪskɹaɪbd tu hɪm, ɔlmoʊst æz ðoʊ ʃi hæd sin ɔɹ fɛlt ɪt, ðʌ stɪfʌnɪŋ ʌv kæθɹɪn'ɛs bɑdi æz sun æz hi tʌtʃt hɜ˞, ðʌ weɪ ɪn wɪtʃ ʃi stɪl simd tu bi pʊʃɪŋ hɪm fɹʌm hɜ˞ wɪð ɔl hɜ˞ stɹɛŋkθ, ivɪn wɛn hɜ˞ ɑɹmz wɜ˞ klæspt taɪtli ɹaʊnd hɪm. | slightly clear | very confined sounding | slightly monotone |
momentarily he caught o'brien's eye. | 159.21051 | 44.95351 | 66.696571 | 46.170826 | slightly fast | moʊmʌntɛɹʌli hi kɑt oʊ'bɹaɪɪn'ɛs aɪ. | quite clear | moderate reverberation | slightly monotone |
with julia he felt no difficulty in talking about such things, katharine, in any case, had long ceased to be a painful memory and became merely a distasteful one. | 165.631195 | 26.254086 | 60.705032 | 50.545666 | quite fast | wɪð dʒuljʌ hi fɛlt noʊ dɪfʌkʌlti ɪn tɔkɪŋ ʌbaʊt sʌtʃ θɪŋz, kæθɹɪn, ɪn ɛni keɪs, hæd lɔŋ sist tu bi ʌ peɪnfʌl mɛmɜ˞i ʌnd bɪkeɪm mɪɹli ʌ dɪsteɪstfʌl wʌn. | slightly clear | slightly confined sounding | quite monotone |
'i could have stood it if it hadn't been for one thing,' he said. | 177.48114 | 37.857574 | 68.351196 | 50.625282 | quite fast | 'aɪ kʊd hæv stʊd ɪt ɪf ɪt 'ti bɪn fɔɹ wʌn θɪŋ,' hi sɛd. | very clear | slightly confined sounding | slightly monotone |