Chapter 21 of Betty Gordon in Washington is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Betty Gordon in Washington is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again. "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe. "I tell you, we're drowning!" "And I tell you we're not!" Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
Chapter 21 of Betty Gordon in Washington is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “contradict” — be in contradiction with
From this reading “Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.”
-ing form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading “"We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.”
an attack of hysteria
From this reading “BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.”
visual imagery
From this reading “"We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.”
delivered from danger
From this reading “BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.”
held in check with difficulty
From this reading “Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.”
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading “"We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.”
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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 "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
anew
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
past form of “contradict” — be in contradiction with
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
-ing form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
an attack of hysteria
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I tell you, we're drowning!"
a polite name for any woman
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
the force of workers available
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And I tell you we're not!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
visual imagery
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
with little or no delay
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
delivered from danger
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
held in check with difficulty
From this reading Betty stifled a desire to laugh as one of the men contradicted her.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
express in words
From this reading "I tell you, we're drowning!"
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading BEING RESCUED The water struck the lady given to hysterics, and she promptly opened her mouth and shrieked again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're drowning!" she cried, her terrified mind picturing a broken water pipe.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I tell you, we're drowning!"
Chapter 21 of Betty Gordon in Washington by Alice B. Emerson holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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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