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Chapter 6 of D'Ri and I is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening. Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another. Then he beckoned to me. "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered. I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
Chapter 6 of D'Ri and I is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “Then he beckoned to me.”
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading “He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “"Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.”
past form of “shift” — make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading Then he beckoned to me.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
the act of retaining something
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
hear with intention
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
past form of “shift” — make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he beckoned to me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Three times he shifted his ear from one point to another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He gave me the candle and lay down, holding his ear close to the stone floor and listening.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I gave him the candle, and with my ear to the floor I could hear the flow of water below us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jest hol' yer ear there 'n' listen," he whispered.
Chapter 6 of D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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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