Chapter 4 of Penrod and Sam is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Penrod and Sam is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment. “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod. “Leave me have hold of it!” “You wait a minute!” Sam protested, in a whisper.
Chapter 4 of Penrod and Sam is here in full — 317 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/63 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.”
in a breathless manner
From this reading “Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading ““Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.”
characterized by grandeur
From this reading “Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading ““You wait a minute!””
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading “Sam protested, in a whisper.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam protested, in a whisper.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “Sam protested, in a whisper.”
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 Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
in a breathless manner
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Leave me have hold of it!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
go away from a place
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
characterized by grandeur
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “You wait a minute!”
a particular point in time
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Leave me have hold of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Leave me have it!” gasped Penrod.
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Both boys lived breathlessly through a magnificent moment.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “You wait a minute!”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading Sam protested, in a whisper.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You wait a minute!”
Chapter 4 of Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington holds 317 sentences, grouped into 64 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 4 holds 317 sentences of Penrod and Sam, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 317 sentences, grouped into 64 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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