Chapter 3 of Matt: A Story of A Caravan is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Matt: A Story of A Caravan is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Eureka! I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about? It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident. This is how it happened. “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
Chapter 3 of Matt: A Story of A Caravan is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?”
in a busy manner
From this reading ““I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.”
completely ordinary and unremarkable
From this reading “It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.”
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
From this reading ““I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.”
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
From this reading “Eureka!”
a single distinct event
From this reading “It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.”
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading ““I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.”
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
From this reading ““I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
where the air is unconfined
In this reading ““I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.”
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 It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
later than; following
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
(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 I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
in a busy manner
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
completely ordinary and unremarkable
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
From this reading Eureka!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading This is how it happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is how it happened.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
a single distinct event
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
immediately past
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
not any; not one
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
and nothing more
From this reading It is no adventure at all, but only a commonplace incident.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is how it happened.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
at the time that
From this reading “I was seated this morning before my easel, out in the open air, painting busily, when I thought I heard a movement behind me.
but in spite of that
From this reading I have had an adventure at last; and yet, after all, what am I talking about?
Chapter 3 of Matt: A Story of A Caravan by Robert Williams Buchanan holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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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