Chapter 27 of Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength. Someone was holding his wrist. Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole. Behind him stood Alice and Robert.... How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
Chapter 27 of Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading “THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.”
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
From this reading “Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.”
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.”
move upward
From this reading “THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Behind him stood Alice and Robert....”
ruined or disrupted
From this reading “THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Someone was holding his wrist.”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “Someone was holding his wrist.”
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From this reading Behind him stood Alice and Robert....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind him stood Alice and Robert....
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From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
next to; at the side of
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
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From this reading Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.
a youthful male person
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
From this reading Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.
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From this reading Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.
set up or found
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind him stood Alice and Robert....
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Someone was holding his wrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
move upward
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Behind him stood Alice and Robert....
ruined or disrupted
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Someone was holding his wrist.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Behind him stood Alice and Robert....
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading How tall the boy looked beside his little mother!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE SHATTERED BUBBLE Benito looked up from his pillows, tried to rise and found that he had not the strength.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Someone was holding his wrist.
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading Someone was holding his wrist.
an affirmative
From this reading Oh, yes, Dr. Beverly Cole.
Chapter 27 of Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman holds 234 sentences, grouped into 47 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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