Chapter 30 of My Little Sister is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of My Little Sister is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back. A strange man was there, lean and grey. A friend, I heard--a Healer. All those old, old faces! What had they done?
Chapter 30 of My Little Sister is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a broad or rounded end
From this reading “THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.”
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “All those old, old faces!”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “A strange man was there, lean and grey.”
a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
From this reading “A friend, I heard--a Healer.”
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.”
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “A strange man was there, lean and grey.”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “A strange man was there, lean and grey.”
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be restored
In this reading “THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.”
In this reading “A strange man was there, lean and grey.”
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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 A strange man was there, lean and grey.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All those old, old faces!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
having a broad or rounded end
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What had they done?
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading All those old, old faces!
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading A friend, I heard--a Healer.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had they done?
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
From this reading A friend, I heard--a Healer.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading A friend, I heard--a Healer.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A friend, I heard--a Healer.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading All those old, old faces!
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL It must have been half an hour before reason came back.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What had they done?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading All those old, old faces!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A strange man was there, lean and grey.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had they done?
Chapter 30 of My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins holds 183 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 30 holds 183 sentences of My Little Sister, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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