Chapter 6 of Affinities, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Affinities, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"How's Carrie, Wallie?" I said during the soup. "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject. But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair. "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
Chapter 6 of Affinities, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at an opportune time
From this reading “"Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading “"Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “"Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.”
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading “I said during the soup.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
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In this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
In this reading “But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.”
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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 But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
(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 "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
at an opportune time
From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
lacking funds
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
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From this reading "How's Carrie, Wallie?"
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From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I said during the soup.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How's Carrie, Wallie?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said during the soup.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Carrie's on a milk diet," he said apropos of nothing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said during the soup.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading I said during the soup.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading "She's all right," he replied, and changed the subject.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I said during the soup.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How's Carrie, Wallie?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
during the time that
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But later in the evening, while Bill was walking on the lawn with a cigar, he broke out for fair.
Chapter 6 of Affinities, and Other Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 6 holds 412 sentences of Affinities, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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