Chapter 20 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOOK AT THE RAIN! The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor. There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased. All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now. And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
Chapter 20 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.”
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.”
demanding attention
From this reading “All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading “The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.”
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading “The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “LOOK AT THE RAIN!”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LOOK AT THE RAIN!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
demanding attention
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading LOOK AT THE RAIN!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading LOOK AT THE RAIN!
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The princess burst into a passion of tears, and _fell_ on the floor.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And a rain came on, such as had never been seen in that country.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOOK AT THE RAIN!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There she lay for an hour, and her tears never ceased.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the pent-up crying of her life was spent now.
Chapter 20 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus by Various holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 20 holds 195 sentences of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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