Chapter 15 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue. The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions. An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles. The pace of the forlorn woman was slow. She was apparently searching for some one.
Chapter 15 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bundle” — a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading “An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.”
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.”
with great urgency
From this reading “The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.”
raised above the ground
From this reading “An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.”
marked by or showing hopelessness
From this reading “A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.”
plural of “mission” — an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.”
plural of “owner” — (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading “An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.”
filled with great numbers crowded together
From this reading “An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.”
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 forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
from appearances alone
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
a line of approach
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
confined by bonds
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
plural of “bundle” — a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
with great urgency
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
raised above the ground
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
marked by or showing hopelessness
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
set afire or burning
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
plural of “mission” — an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
plural of “owner” — (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading The pace of the forlorn woman was slow.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading The pace of the forlorn woman was slow.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She was apparently searching for some one.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
filled with great numbers crowded together
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading An endless crowd darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were thronged with owners of bundles.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The street was filled with people desperately bound on missions.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A forlorn woman went along a lighted avenue.
Chapter 15 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane holds 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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