Chapter 28 of Buell Hampton is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Buell Hampton is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel. “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.” “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.” She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
Chapter 28 of Buell Hampton is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
feelings of ardent love
From this reading “HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading ““How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.””
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
easily agitated
From this reading “She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
From this reading “HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.”
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.
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In this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
anew
In this reading ““How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.””
In this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
be restored
In this reading ““The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
anew
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
pleasing or delighting
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
feelings of ardent love
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
move gently or carefully
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
easily agitated
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
on one occasion
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “How charming it will be,” replied Mrs. Osborn, “to see jolly old England once more.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She was a little nervous as she spoke, and seemed ill at ease.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HORTON was tireless in her devotion to Ethel.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “The poor child,” said she to Mrs. Osborn, “needs a change—salt breeze and good old English air again, and then the color will come back to her cheeks.”
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