Chapter 17 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island. Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told. Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn. "It will make me seem a little girl again." Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
Chapter 17 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an ardent follower and admirer
From this reading “Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.”
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading “_In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.”
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading “_In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.”
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
From this reading “_In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.”
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
From this reading “Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.”
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “_In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.”
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 _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
anew
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
an ardent follower and admirer
From this reading Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told.
a young female
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
engage in
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
From this reading Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eve wanted peanuts and pop-corn.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Marie-Louise, cool in her buff coat, shrugged her shoulders.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
possessing sweep
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told.
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading Marie-Louise wanted her fortune told.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _In Which Fear Walks in a Storm._ THE "Mermaid," having swept like a bird out of the harbor, stopped at Coney Island.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "It will make me seem a little girl again."
Chapter 17 of Mistress Anne by Temple Bailey holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Chapter 17 holds 398 sentences of Mistress Anne, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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