Chapter 15 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUGUST THIRTIETH. Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way? Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel! _Robert Browning_. I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
Chapter 15 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “AUGUST THIRTIETH.”
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!”
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading “I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.”
spoil as if by poison
From this reading “Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!”
coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
From this reading “AUGUST THIRTIETH.”
marked by dissimilarity
From this reading “Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?”
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading AUGUST THIRTIETH.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading _Robert Browning_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
without doubt; certainly
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
not any; not one
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
spoil as if by poison
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading _Robert Browning_.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I met no one in the hall or on the piazza.
coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
From this reading AUGUST THIRTIETH.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
marked by dissimilarity
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Death's to fear from flame, or steel, Or poison doubtless; but from water--feel!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were Death so unlike Sleep, Caught this way?
Chapter 15 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel by Miriam Coles Harris holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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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