Chapter 9 of Flowing Gold is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Flowing Gold is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, well, Mallow!" The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold. "Still wearing dark glasses, eh? I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions." Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
Chapter 9 of Flowing Gold is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “caller” — a social or business visitor
From this reading “The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.”
attracting or delighting
From this reading “The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “"Still wearing dark glasses, eh?”
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading “I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."”
a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
From this reading “I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."”
any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
From this reading “"Well, well, Mallow!"”
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading “The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.”
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading “"Still wearing dark glasses, eh?”
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
lacking funds
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
possessive form of “caller” — a social or business visitor
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
placed crosswise
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading "Still wearing dark glasses, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Still wearing dark glasses, eh?
attracting or delighting
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading "Still wearing dark glasses, eh?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
in a hoarse or husky voice
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
From this reading "Well, well, Mallow!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
not in physical motion
From this reading "Still wearing dark glasses, eh?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading The caller's face broke into an engaging smile as he crossed the threshold.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading "Still wearing dark glasses, eh?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, well, Mallow!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mallow spoke huskily, "What the hell you doing here?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm afraid you didn't heed my instructions."
Chapter 9 of Flowing Gold by Rex Beach holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
Chapter 9 holds 300 sentences of Flowing Gold, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Flowing Gold by Rex Beach exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
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