Chapter 17 of Lola is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Lola is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!" Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her. "Well? What do you want?" "You brute!
Chapter 17 of Lola is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “"You brute!”
part; cease or break association with
From this reading “FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"”
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"”
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
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In this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
In this reading “Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
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From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading "You brute!
part; cease or break association with
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you want?"
to come or go into
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
set up or found
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
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 Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
a particular point in time
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading FENWAY'S DIVORCE GRANTED "One moment, Miss Barnhelm!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What do you want?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you want?"
which person or people
From this reading Lola turned as she was about to enter the hotel, and found herself facing Alice Bradley, who had left the little group about Molly and had followed her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you want?"
Chapter 17 of Lola by Owen Davis holds 93 sentences, grouped into 19 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 17 holds 93 sentences of Lola, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Lola by Owen Davis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 93 sentences, grouped into 19 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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