Chapter 6 of Hour of Enchantment is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Hour of Enchantment is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“THE CHEST IS EMPTY!” “Jeanne, you left the door open!” Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance. “I? Leave the door open?”
Chapter 6 of Hour of Enchantment is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading ““THE CHEST IS EMPTY!””
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading ““THE CHEST IS EMPTY!””
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
In this reading “Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.”
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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 Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading “THE CHEST IS EMPTY!”
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Jeanne, you left the door open!”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “THE CHEST IS EMPTY!”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “THE CHEST IS EMPTY!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Jeanne, you left the door open!”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
go away from a place
From this reading Leave the door open?”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “Jeanne, you left the door open!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Jeanne, you left the door open!”
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
having a supporting base
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “THE CHEST IS EMPTY!”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Standing on the stair landing before the door to their apartment, Florence gave her companion a reproving glance.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Jeanne, you left the door open!”
Chapter 6 of Hour of Enchantment by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 6 holds 147 sentences of Hour of Enchantment, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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