Chapter 10 of Love Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Love Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded. "Two hours a day, morning and evening. Feel." She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile. But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
Chapter 10 of Love Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “"Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.”
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
From this reading “"Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “"Two hours a day, morning and evening.”
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.”
curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
From this reading “She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “"Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
opinion or judgment
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Feel."
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
to a considerable degree
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
up to a particular time
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
Chapter 10 of Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of Love Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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