Chapter 11 of Rosy is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Rosy is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT. "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around." --SOUTHEY. But Beata could not look forward to it now. The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
Chapter 11 of Rosy is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “"She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."”
a wrapped container
From this reading “A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.”
done under pressure
From this reading “"She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."”
move hurridly
From this reading “"She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “"She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “"She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."”
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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 A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
destroyed or killed
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
a wrapped container
From this reading A PARCEL AND A FRIGHT.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
done under pressure
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The pleasure seemed to have gone out of everything.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
From this reading --SOUTHEY.
move hurridly
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Beata could not look forward to it now.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "She ran with wild speed, she rushed in at the door, She gazed in her terror around."
Chapter 11 of Rosy by Mrs. Molesworth holds 204 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 11 holds 204 sentences of Rosy, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Rosy by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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