Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
His tone was cold and his face expressionless. It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately. But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion. He _did_ care, then. A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a sudden desire
From this reading “A wild caprice flashed into her brain.”
deliberately impassive in manner
From this reading “His tone was cold and his face expressionless.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “A wild caprice flashed into her brain.”
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading “But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.”
with passion
From this reading “It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.”
characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
From this reading “But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.”
characteristic of scholars or scholarship
From this reading “But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
a sudden desire
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading He _did_ care, then.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He _did_ care, then.
any strong feeling
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
deliberately impassive in manner
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He _did_ care, then.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
not any; not one
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
with passion
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
characteristic of scholars or scholarship
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He _did_ care, then.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was on her lips to cry out "No," passionately.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
a shaky motion
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His tone was cold and his face expressionless.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading A wild caprice flashed into her brain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the slender, scholarly hand on her shoulder was trembling with the intensity of his repressed emotion.
Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 5 holds 432 sentences of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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