Chapter 6 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WALLACE Mother, mother. The boys are coming down the street. (_Sees father._) Dad! Mother has told you? HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
Chapter 6 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “The boys are coming down the street.”
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “The boys are coming down the street.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “(_Sees father._) Dad!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “WALLACE Mother, mother.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “The boys are coming down the street.”
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
From this reading “WALLACE Mother, mother.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading (_Sees father._) Dad!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading (_Sees father._) Dad!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mother has told you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading WALLACE Mother, mother.
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading (_Sees father._) Dad!
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boys are coming down the street.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Mother has told you?
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
From this reading WALLACE Mother, mother.
an affirmative
From this reading HILDA (_Calmly_) Yes; I’ve told him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mother has told you?
Chapter 6 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one by George Middleton holds 416 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.
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