Chapter 16 of Blind mice is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Blind mice is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise. “Don’t get up. I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie. “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.” “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
Chapter 16 of Blind mice is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
demanding attention
From this reading ““Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.””
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading ““I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading ““I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
move upward
From this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading ““Don’t get up.”
In this reading “When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.”
In this reading “I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
anew
From this reading “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.”
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
demanding attention
From this reading “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t get up.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Don’t get up.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
and nothing more
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
move upward
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
not in physical motion
From this reading “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Don’t get up.
precisely as stated
From this reading “I still have a very bad headache,” interrupted Lucy.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
at the time that
From this reading When Nannie reentered the room early in the afternoon Lucy started to rise.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, Lucy, you have been crying again.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I only wanted to ask you a question,” began Nannie.
Chapter 16 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 16 holds 410 sentences of Blind mice, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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