Chapter 23 of Greatheart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Greatheart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended. "Oh, it is good to see you again! It is good! It is good!" she panted. "Why didn't you come to Perrythorpe?
Chapter 23 of Greatheart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
come together
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “It is good!" she panted.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading “THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.”
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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 THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
anew
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the two together, not just one
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Why didn't you come to Perrythorpe?
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why didn't you come to Perrythorpe?
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Oh, it is good to see you again!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, it is good to see you again!
come together
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading It is good!" she panted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why didn't you come to Perrythorpe?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why didn't you come to Perrythorpe?
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WATCHER She sprang to meet him with a cry of delight, both hands extended.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, it is good to see you again!
Chapter 23 of Greatheart by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 23 holds 426 sentences of Greatheart, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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