Chapter 9 of Bad Hugh is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Bad Hugh is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire. 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room. Poor 'Lina! The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair. She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
Chapter 9 of Bad Hugh is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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shining intensely
From this reading “WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.”
plural of “glimpse” — a quick look
From this reading “WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.”
established beyond doubt
From this reading “The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.”
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading “She had not made the sensation she expected to make.”
plural of “shutter” — a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
From this reading “WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.”
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.”
not giving satisfaction
From this reading “The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.”
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.”
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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 WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
shining intensely
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
start firing a weapon
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
plural of “glimpse” — a quick look
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
for more time
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
engage in
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor 'Lina!
established beyond doubt
From this reading The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
plural of “shutter” — a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
in or at that place or location
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had not made the sensation she expected to make.
not giving satisfaction
From this reading The party had proved a most unsatisfactory affair.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT FOLLOWED There was a bright light in the sitting-room, and through the half-closed shutters Hugh caught glimpses of a blazing fire.
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading 'Lina had evidently come home, and half wishing she had stayed a little longer, Hugh entered the room.
Chapter 9 of Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes holds 42 sentences, grouped into 9 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.
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