Chapter 15 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was near midnight. Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face. "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came." "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled. He dried his face and came toward her.
Chapter 15 of Erik Dorn is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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away from the right path or direction
From this reading “"That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.”
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading “Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.”
past form of “brighten” — make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading “Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.”
not still wet
From this reading “He dried his face and came toward her.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “It was near midnight.”
possessive form of “rachel” — (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading “Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.”
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading “"That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He dried his face and came toward her.
away from the right path or direction
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
past form of “brighten” — make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
not still wet
From this reading He dried his face and came toward her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was near midnight.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
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From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading It was near midnight.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading It was near midnight.
possessive form of “rachel” — (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
up to a particular time
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
in the direction of
From this reading He dried his face and came toward her.
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading "That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray," he smiled.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was near midnight.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rachel's eyes, brightened with tears, watched her lover bathing his face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It seemed so long," she murmured, "till you came."
Chapter 15 of Erik Dorn by Ben Hecht holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 15 holds 90 sentences of Erik Dorn, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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