Chapter 4 of Biltmore Oswald is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Biltmore Oswald is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Private property! Private property!" I sank. This was too much. As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
Chapter 4 of Biltmore Oswald is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:”
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “"Private property!”
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
From this reading “"Private property!”
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading “As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:”
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “I sank.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
determine the number or amount of
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sank.
and nothing more
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
to a great degree or extent
From this reading This was too much.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading "Private property!
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
From this reading "Private property!
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading I sank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was too much.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading This was too much.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As I came up for the first count, and just before I sank back beneath the blue, I had time to hear her repeat:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was too much.
Chapter 4 of Biltmore Oswald by Thorne Smith holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 4 holds 394 sentences of Biltmore Oswald, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Biltmore Oswald by Thorne Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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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