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Men, Women and Ghosts

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Amy Lowell • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 3 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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.

What does chapter 3 of Men, Women and Ghosts contain?

Chapter 3 holds 202 sentences of Men, Women and Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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About 290 minutes of reading across 698 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Men, Women and Ghosts

Words and structures a reader meets early in Men, Women and Ghosts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Produced
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Light
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Women
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Ghosts
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Hard silence he had forced upon his lips For long and long, and would have done so still Had not she--here she pressed her finger tips Against her heavy eyes.
Then with forced will She wrote that he might come, sealed with the arms Of Crowe and Frampton twined.
Her heart felt lighter When this was done.
It seemed her constant care Might some day cease to fright her.
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Men, Women and Ghosts

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Hard silence he had forced upon his lips For long and long, and would have done so still Had not she--here she pressed her finger tips Against her heavy eyes.
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Then with forced will She wrote that he might come, sealed with the arms Of Crowe and Frampton twined.
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Her heart felt lighter When this was done.
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It seemed her constant care Might some day cease to fright her.

Learner Dictionary

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Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “Hard silence he had forced upon his lips For long and long, and would have done so still Had not she--here she pressed her finger tips Against her heavy eyes.”

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arms

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care

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come

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constant

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Crowe

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Frampton

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heart

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It

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lighter

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lips

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might

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Of

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sealed

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silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading Hard silence he had forced upon his lips For long and long, and would have done so still Had not she--here she pressed her finger tips Against her heavy eyes.

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so

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some

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that

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From this reading Then with forced will She wrote that he might come, sealed with the arms Of Crowe and Frampton twined.

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From this reading Her heart felt lighter When this was done.

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tips

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would

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