Chapter 4 of Dolly Dialogues is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Dolly Dialogues is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!” We were left along. George wore a meditative smile. Presently he roused himself to say: “She’s really a very kind woman.
Chapter 4 of Dolly Dialogues is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!””
demanding attention
From this reading “Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!””
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!””
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading “Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!””
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading “George wore a meditative smile.”
past form of “rouse” — become active
From this reading “Presently he roused himself to say:”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!””
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading “George wore a meditative smile.”
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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 George wore a meditative smile.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We were left along.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
demanding attention
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George wore a meditative smile.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Presently he roused himself to say:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Presently he roused himself to say:
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “She’s really a very kind woman.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We were left along.
engage in
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading George wore a meditative smile.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
in the near future
From this reading Presently he roused himself to say:
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “She’s really a very kind woman.
past form of “rouse” — become active
From this reading Presently he roused himself to say:
express in words
From this reading Presently he roused himself to say:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She’s really a very kind woman.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading George wore a meditative smile.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
precisely as stated
From this reading “She’s really a very kind woman.
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading Dolly smiled upon him, waved her hand to me, and drove off, crying-- “Do try to make Mr. Carter understand!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were left along.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were left along.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “She’s really a very kind woman.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading George wore a meditative smile.
Chapter 4 of Dolly Dialogues by Anthony Hope holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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