Chapter 10 of My Friend Smith is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of My Friend Smith is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's not my mother!" I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm. "Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps? How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation." "Not?
Chapter 10 of My Friend Smith is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “"Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.”
by chance
From this reading “"Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?”
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading “I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."”
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading “I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."”
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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 cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's not my mother!"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "It's not my mother!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It's not my mother!"
not any; not one
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It's not my mother!"
by chance
From this reading "Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I cried, with a suppressed groan, pulling his arm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How do you--" "No, no," I whispered; "no relation."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Eh, not your mother?--your aunt, perhaps?
Chapter 10 of My Friend Smith by Talbot Baines Reed holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 10 holds 408 sentences of My Friend Smith, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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