Chapter 10 of Harrigan is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Harrigan is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Eggs! How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan! And I'm starved!" She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive. "But how can we cook them?
Chapter 10 of Harrigan is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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prepare a hot meal
From this reading “"But how can we cook them?”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading “"Eggs!”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “And I'm starved!"”
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading “She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I'm starved!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
prepare a hot meal
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading "Eggs!
the organ of sight
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I'm starved!"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
a form of address for a man
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading And I'm starved!"
happening unexpectedly
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But how can we cook them?
which person or people
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked up to him, radiant with delight; but the triumphant eye of Harrigan fell not upon her but on McTee, who had suddenly grown pensive.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading How perfectly wonderful, Mr. Harrigan!
Chapter 10 of Harrigan by Max Brand holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 10 holds 143 sentences of Harrigan, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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