Chapter 15 of Miles Murchison is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Miles Murchison is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS. MILES' STORY—(continued). JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment. "Oh! I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
Chapter 15 of Miles Murchison is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
demanding attention
From this reading “I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
From this reading “AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.”
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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 JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
without stop or interruption
From this reading MILES' STORY—(continued).
demanding attention
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
From this reading AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.
and nothing more
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
the sound of laughing
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading MILES' STORY—(continued).
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
express in words
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading MILES' STORY—(continued).
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I say!"—and then Miss Adela crying out,—"O Bertie!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading AN IMPROVED STATE OF THINGS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JUST as I got to shore, helping Nurse, and looking down to choose her steps for her, I heard a sort of shout—half laughter, half astonishment.
Chapter 15 of Miles Murchison by Agnes Giberne holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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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