Chapter 10 of Lord Dolphin is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Lord Dolphin is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HURRAH! Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank. It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land. May it forever be my last! The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
Chapter 10 of Lord Dolphin is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.”
a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
From this reading “It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.”
for a limitless time
From this reading “May it forever be my last!”
a victory cheer
From this reading “HURRAH!”
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading “The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.”
travel through water
From this reading “Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.”
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
From this reading “Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.”
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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 It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
anew
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading May it forever be my last!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
remove the dust from
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
for a limitless time
From this reading May it forever be my last!
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
a victory cheer
From this reading HURRAH!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
immediately past
From this reading May it forever be my last!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May it forever be my last!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading It was put on to a dray as before, and I was given my second ride on land.
travel through water
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
at the time that
From this reading Then the day came when I was again made to swim into that despised little tank.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading The roar of the great city again filled my ears, dust troubled my eyes whenever I raised my head.
Chapter 10 of Lord Dolphin by Harriet A. (Harriet Anna) Cheever holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 10 holds 104 sentences of Lord Dolphin, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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