Chapter 8 of Country Neighbors is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Country Neighbors is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her. "Hetty," she called. Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows. "Hetty!" Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
Chapter 8 of Country Neighbors is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.”
past form of “falter” — be unsure or weak
From this reading “Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.”
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.”
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading “Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “"I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.”
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
From this reading “Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.”
showing pensive sadness
From this reading “Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.”
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 Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Hetty," she called.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
past form of “falter” — be unsure or weak
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
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From this reading "Hetty," she called.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading "I must go," she trembled; but at the door Lucy stayed her.
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hetty was waiting, in a tremor of suspense.
showing pensive sadness
From this reading Her voice faltered, and her eyes looked soft under wistful brows.
Chapter 8 of Country Neighbors by Alice Brown holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 8 holds 393 sentences of Country Neighbors, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Country Neighbors by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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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