Chapter 22 of Happy House is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Happy House is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home. At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm. "Pe-ter! Oh-h! It's silly for me to be afraid!
Chapter 22 of Happy House is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.”
inflected form of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading “REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.”
possessive form of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “It's silly for me to be afraid!”
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In this reading “REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.”
In this reading “At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.”
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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 REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh-h!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
inflected form of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Pe-ter!
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
possessive form of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's silly for me to be afraid!
Chapter 22 of Happy House by Jane Abbott holds 168 sentences, grouped into 34 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 22 holds 168 sentences of Happy House, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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