Chapter 10 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing. I was a marked man. Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight. Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration. I was the man of the moment.
Chapter 10 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.”
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
From this reading “SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.”
past form of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading “Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.”
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading “SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.”
unflinching in battle or action
From this reading “SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.”
plural of “group” — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading “Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.”
any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
From this reading “SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.”
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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 SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
past form of “emerge” — come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
having or given a form or shape
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
unflinching in battle or action
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
plural of “group” — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
plural of “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 Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was a marked man.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I was a marked man.
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading I was a marked man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
a particular point in time
From this reading I was the man of the moment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
free from harm or evil
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
be seated
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Did I sit on the beach, groups formed behind me and watched in silent admiration.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading Did I walk through the village, heads emerged from windows, and eyes followed me out of sight.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading SOME EMOTIONS AND YELLOW LUPIN The fame which came to me through that gallant rescue was a little embarrassing.
Chapter 10 of Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 181 sentences of Love Among the Chickens, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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