Chapter 19 of Dusty answer is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Dusty answer is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She went on staring and pulling up the grass. ‘Oh, this world!’ ‘Judith....’ He was silent, completely at a loss. ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
Chapter 19 of Dusty answer is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “He was silent, completely at a loss.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “She went on staring and pulling up the grass.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “‘Still--it can’t be helped....”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “‘Judith....’”
something that is lost
From this reading “He was silent, completely at a loss.”
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading “She went on staring and pulling up the grass.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “He was silent, completely at a loss.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “She went on staring and pulling up the grass.”
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.
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filled with bewilderment
In this reading “He was silent, completely at a loss.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “She went on staring and pulling up the grass.”
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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 He was silent, completely at a loss.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
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From this reading ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading ‘Judith....’
something that is lost
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘Oh, this world!’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
not in physical motion
From this reading ‘Still--it can’t be helped....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Oh, this world!’
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was silent, completely at a loss.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went on staring and pulling up the grass.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ‘Oh, this world!’
Chapter 19 of Dusty answer by Rosamond Lehmann holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 19 holds 397 sentences of Dusty answer, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Dusty answer by Rosamond Lehmann exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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