Chapter 4 of Life and Lillian Gish is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Life and Lillian Gish is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“‘Lena and the Geese.’” “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.” “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?” So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better. Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
Chapter 4 of Life and Lillian Gish is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.”
plural of “goose” — web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading ““‘Lena and the Geese.’””
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.”
plural of “inquiry” — a search for knowledge
From this reading “Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.”
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading ““‘Lena and the Geese.’””
United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)
From this reading ““Oh, that was Mary Pickford.””
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading ““Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?””
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.
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In this reading “Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.”
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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 Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
later than; following
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “‘Lena and the Geese.’”
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better.
of short duration or distance
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
plural of “goose” — web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “‘Lena and the Geese.’”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better.
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
plural of “inquiry” — a search for knowledge
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading “‘Lena and the Geese.’”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.”
an amount of time
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)
From this reading “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better.
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “‘Lena and the Geese.’”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Oh—oh, all right—can she come to the telephone?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, that was Mary Pickford.”
which person or people
From this reading So that was who she was—Gladys ... so much the better.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Gladys, who was now Mary, came to the telephone, and after a brief period of wild greetings and inquiries, arranged to have them come to the studio.
Chapter 4 of Life and Lillian Gish by Albert Bigelow Paine holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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