Chapter 14 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company. As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain. "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day. The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak." But Yetta only smiled.
Chapter 14 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take into custody
From this reading “ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.”
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
From this reading “ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.”
reflecting light
From this reading “As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.”
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
From this reading “ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.”
a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
From this reading “As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.”
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading “As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.”
provide with power and authority
From this reading “ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.”
possessive form of “weather” — the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."”
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come down with a cold
In this reading “The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.”
In this reading “ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.”
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 weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
take into custody
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Yetta only smiled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
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 The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.
reflecting light
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
and nothing more
From this reading But Yetta only smiled.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading But Yetta only smiled.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
express in speech
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Yetta," she said, "don't go out to-day.
provide with power and authority
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
possessive form of “weather” — the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
belonging to which person
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As she was starting out, she met Mabel, whose mackintosh was glistening with rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ARREST At headquarters on May Day morning Yetta was detailed to the Crown Vest Company.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The weather's so bad, and if you catch cold you can't speak."
Chapter 14 of Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 14 holds 440 sentences of Comrade Yetta, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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