Chapter 31 of Montlivet is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of Montlivet is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit. Then I moved away and stood by the rough table. "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you. I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me. "Will you wait?" she interrupted.
Chapter 31 of Montlivet is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “"Will you wait?" she interrupted.”
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading “Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.”
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.”
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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 I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading "Will you wait?" she interrupted.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
be seated
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
express in words
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I moved away and stood by the rough table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
in the direction of
From this reading I"---- She rose from the couch and came toward me.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Will you wait?" she interrupted.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you wait?" she interrupted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading I TELL THE WOMAN Cadillac's tent held a couch of brush covered with skins, and I led the woman to it and bade her sit.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Madame," I said, "I have something that I must tell you.
Chapter 31 of Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 31 holds 185 sentences of Montlivet, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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