Chapter 20 of Leonie, the Typewriter is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Leonie, the Typewriter is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Liz! Liz!" The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs. "What do you want?" "Has Ben gone out?"
Chapter 20 of Leonie, the Typewriter is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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react verbally
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “"Has Ben gone out?"”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
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In this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
In this reading “The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
react verbally
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading "Has Ben gone out?"
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you want?"
divisible by two
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Has Ben gone out?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Has Ben gone out?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Liz!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Has Ben gone out?"
recurring again and again
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "What do you want?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you want?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you want?"
Chapter 20 of Leonie, the Typewriter by Wenona Gilman holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 143 sentences of Leonie, the Typewriter, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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