Chapter 10 of Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE. The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene. Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling. "What's it? What's down there?
Chapter 10 of Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading “THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.”
every person
From this reading “The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.”
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
From this reading “THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading “Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.”
possessive form of “teamster” — the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
From this reading “The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.”
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
From this reading “THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading What's down there?
every person
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
intense and profound fear
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
From this reading THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
having a supporting base
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
possessive form of “teamster” — the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading What's down there?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The teamster's cry of horror brought everybody to the scene.
a shaky motion
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
From this reading THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's it?
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From this reading Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.
Chapter 10 of Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life by Evelyn Raymond holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 10 holds 203 sentences of Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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