Chapter 22 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her. She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion. These poor telegraph operators! The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys. Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
Chapter 22 of Clipped Wings is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
From this reading “The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.”
in a hideous manner
From this reading “She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.”
plural of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading “These poor telegraph operators!”
plural of “rehearsal” — a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
From this reading “She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.”
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading “These poor telegraph operators!”
past form of “telegraph” — send cables, wires, or telegrams
From this reading “Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.”
transfer to another
From this reading “The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.”
plural of “wire” — ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.”
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.
someone who transmits messages by telegraph
In this reading “These poor telegraph operators!”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
used as intensifiers
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
characterized by great determination
From this reading Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
feelings of ardent love
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
in a hideous manner
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
plural of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading These poor telegraph operators!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading These poor telegraph operators!
plural of “rehearsal” — a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading These poor telegraph operators!
past form of “telegraph” — send cables, wires, or telegrams
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These poor telegraph operators!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
transfer to another
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Winfield determined to go, anyway—and to surprise her.
plural of “wire” — ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading The honey they have to transmit must fairly stick to the wires and gum up the keys.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Bret telegraphed Sheila that he was coming to New York to see her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She telegraphed back: Awfully love see you but hideously busy rehearsals souls devotion.
Chapter 22 of Clipped Wings by Rupert Hughes holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 189 sentences of Clipped Wings, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Clipped Wings by Rupert Hughes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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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