Chapter 3 of Original Short Stories — Volume 04 is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Original Short Stories — Volume 04 is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She is making some calls. We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.” “I thought so.” The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared. She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
Chapter 3 of Original Short Stories — Volume 04 is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading ““She is making some calls.”
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?””
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
From this reading “She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?””
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?””
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.””
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “She is making some calls.
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought so.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is making some calls.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “She is making some calls.
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 We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
above and across; more than
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She is making some calls.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I thought so.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “She is making some calls.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The door opened and Mme. Padoie appeared.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought so.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
precisely as stated
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have a great many friends here; it is a very nice town.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She went over to her brother without any eagerness, held her cheek for him to kiss, and asked: “Have you been here long?”
Chapter 3 of Original Short Stories — Volume 04 by Guy de Maupassant holds 356 sentences, grouped into 72 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.
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