Chapter 22 of By Blow and Kiss is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of By Blow and Kiss is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady. He tried to answer hopefully. “You never know. It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.” “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
Chapter 22 of By Blow and Kiss is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading ““Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading ““DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.””
plural of “es” — a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
From this reading ““DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.”
with hope; in a hopeful manner
From this reading “He tried to answer hopefully.”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading “It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.””
make steady
From this reading ““DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.”
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading ““Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.”
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 “It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.””
In this reading “It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.””
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.
later than; following
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
react verbally
From this reading He tried to answer hopefully.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
let fall to the ground
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
plural of “es” — a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to answer hopefully.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
with hope; in a hopeful manner
From this reading He tried to answer hopefully.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You never know.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “You never know.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
make steady
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading It might stop rising any minute, and start to drop five minutes after.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to answer hopefully.
hard to endure
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Couldn’t we tie the buggy to the tree?” she asked.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “DOLLY, it won’t be long now, will it?” said Ess, trying to hold her voice steady.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You never know.
Chapter 22 of By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 22 holds 191 sentences of By Blow and Kiss, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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