Chapter 11 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Everybody is off the boat but the passengers. My friends stand on the dock and wave to me. I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears. There is a lump in my throat. I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
Chapter 11 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading “My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.”
highly enthusiastic
From this reading “I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.”
the quality of being loyal
From this reading “I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.”
a compact mass
From this reading “There is a lump in my throat.”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.”
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading “I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.”
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “There is a lump in my throat.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
every person
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
highly enthusiastic
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
and nothing more
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
the quality of being loyal
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
a compact mass
From this reading There is a lump in my throat.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
be standing; be upright
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Everybody is off the boat but the passengers.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I see everything in their glowing faces--loyalty, love, sadness, a few tears.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I smile just as hard as I can to keep them from seeing.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is a lump in my throat.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading There is a lump in my throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading My friends stand on the dock and wave to me.
Chapter 11 of My Wonderful Visit by Charlie Chaplin holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 11 holds 402 sentences of My Wonderful Visit, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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