Chapter 3 of Chester Rand is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Chester Rand is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DYING GIFT. In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick. He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather. “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy. “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
Chapter 3 of Chester Rand is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading “In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.”
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading “He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.”
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
From this reading ““You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.”
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
From this reading “He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.”
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading ““Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.””
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
From this reading ““You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.”
lacking in magnitude or quantity
From this reading “He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.”
responsive to physical stimuli
From this reading ““Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.””
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 A DYING GIFT.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading A DYING GIFT.
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading A DYING GIFT.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
lacking in magnitude or quantity
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
responsive to physical stimuli
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading In the morning Walter Bruce came down to breakfast looking pale and sick.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading He had taken a severe cold from scanty clothing and exposure to the winter weather.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, madam; my lungs were always sensitive.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have a hard cough, Mr. Bruce,” said Mrs. Rand, in a tone of sympathy.
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