Chapter 8 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS. The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey. Arrived this morning?" There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face. Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
Chapter 8 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.”
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading “There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.”
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS.”
having a point
From this reading “The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.”
a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
From this reading “Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.”
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading “MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS.”
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
From this reading “There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.”
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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 doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Arrived this morning?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Arrived this morning?"
of an obscure nature
From this reading MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
having a point
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS.
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading Not a smile; not a glance; nothing but the easy politeness of a stranger to a stranger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Arrived this morning?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was not the faintest gleam of recognition on his face.
look attentively
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The doctor pointed to a chair, looked at his watch, and said:-- "I hope you have had a pleasant journey.
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