Chapter 6 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She heard his footstep, rapid and receding. So he had really gone! She was not sorry--no. If she could have loved him! She sank back in her chair.
Chapter 6 of A Little Journey in the World is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 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.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “She sank back in her chair.”
the sound of a step of someone walking
From this reading “She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.”
held dear
From this reading “If she could have loved him!”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “So he had really gone!”
a slow or gradual disappearance
From this reading “She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.”
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “She sank back in her chair.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “She was not sorry--no.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She sank back in her chair.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading She sank back in her chair.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If she could have loved him!
the sound of a step of someone walking
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
destroyed or killed
From this reading So he had really gone!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So he had really gone!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If she could have loved him!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he had really gone!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sank back in her chair.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If she could have loved him!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she could have loved him!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sank back in her chair.
held dear
From this reading If she could have loved him!
not any; not one
From this reading She was not sorry--no.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not sorry--no.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading So he had really gone!
a slow or gradual disappearance
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading She sank back in her chair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard his footstep, rapid and receding.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he had really gone!
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading She was not sorry--no.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was not sorry--no.
Chapter 6 of A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 6 holds 184 sentences of A Little Journey in the World, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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