Chapter 30 of Evan Harrington — Complete is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Evan Harrington — Complete is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face. “What’s the matter, Polly? I was coming to you.” “O, Miss Rose! and I was coming to you. Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
Chapter 30 of Evan Harrington — Complete is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “convulsion” — a sudden uncontrollable attack
From this reading “Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
in a relaxed manner; not rigid
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
people who are wounded
From this reading “ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.”
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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 ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
anew
From this reading Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
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From this reading Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I was coming to you.”
plural of “convulsion” — a sudden uncontrollable attack
From this reading Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Miss Bonner’s gone back to her convulsions again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
moving with great haste
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was coming to you.”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
in a relaxed manner; not rigid
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What’s the matter, Polly?
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “O, Miss Rose! and I was coming to you.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O, Miss Rose! and I was coming to you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the matter, Polly?
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
at the time that
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
people who are wounded
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
but in spite of that
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I was coming to you.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading ROSE WOUNDED The light of morning was yet cold along the passages of the house when Polly Wheedle, hurrying to her young mistress, met her loosely dressed and with a troubled face.
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