Chapter 4 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Good heavens, old fellow!' I exclaimed. 'Where on earth have you come from? Why, we all thought you were dead!' "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
Chapter 4 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
quickly and without warning
From this reading “"I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “"I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Why, we all thought you were dead!'”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “'Where on earth have you come from?”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “I exclaimed.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"'Good heavens, old fellow!'”
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading “"'Good heavens, old fellow!'”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “"I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.”
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quickly and without warning
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading I exclaimed.
a boy or man
From this reading "'Good heavens, old fellow!'
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "'Good heavens, old fellow!'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading "'Good heavens, old fellow!'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I exclaimed.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "'Good heavens, old fellow!'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
at the time that
From this reading "I was quite close to him when I stopped abruptly.
in or at the place that
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, we all thought you were dead!'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Where on earth have you come from?
Chapter 4 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 417 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 4 holds 417 sentences of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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