Chapter 5 of Flower of the Dusk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Flower of the Dusk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Barbara?" It was Miriam, calling from upstairs. "In just a minute, Aunty. Excuse me, please--I'll come right back." She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
Chapter 5 of Flower of the Dusk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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to come to rest, settle
From this reading “She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.”
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading “She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.”
on a floor above
From this reading “It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "In just a minute, Aunty.
to come to rest, settle
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "In just a minute, Aunty.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Barbara?"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In just a minute, Aunty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
and nothing more
From this reading "In just a minute, Aunty.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "In just a minute, Aunty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
above and across; more than
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Excuse me, please--I'll come right back."
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
only a very short time before
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
on a floor above
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Miriam, calling from upstairs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was scarcely out of the room before Eloise leaned over to Allan, her face alight with eager questioning.
Chapter 5 of Flower of the Dusk by Myrtle Reed holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 421 sentences of Flower of the Dusk, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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