Chapter 3 of Odette's Marriage is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Odette's Marriage is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features. His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression. He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face. His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth. He has many friends.
Chapter 3 of Odette's Marriage is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.”
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.”
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading “His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.”
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
open and genuine; not deceitful
From this reading “He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.”
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In this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
In this reading “His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.”
In this reading “His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.”
In this reading “His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.”
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
In this reading “Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.”
In this reading “He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.”
In this reading “He has many friends.”
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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 Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading He has many friends.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He has many friends.
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
open and genuine; not deceitful
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His black hair, cut close to his head, gives energy to his sweet expression.
a Caucasian
From this reading His dark heavy moustache can not hide his dazzlingly white teeth.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He has beautiful black eyes, frank and sincere, that look you full in the face.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Paul Frager is a young man of a tall and elegant figure, with delicate and regular features.
Chapter 3 of Odette's Marriage by Albert Delpit holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 3 holds 163 sentences of Odette's Marriage, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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