Chapter 15 of Round the Corner is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Round the Corner is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said: "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?" "Often." "Happily?" "Happily and unhappily.
Chapter 15 of Round the Corner is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
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in a joyous manner
From this reading “"Happily?"”
the natural satellite of the Earth
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-ing form of “peep” — look furtively
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the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
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a twilled woolen fabric
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in an unpleasant way
From this reading “"Happily and unhappily.”
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:”
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In this reading “One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:”
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higher than, or over, something
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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in or near a particular place or position
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:
at any time
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:
in a joyous manner
From this reading "Happily?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
the natural satellite of the Earth
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many times at short intervals
From this reading "Often."
touching and supported by a surface
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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-ing form of “peep” — look furtively
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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
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the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
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a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
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a twilled woolen fabric
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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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express in words
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:
in an unpleasant way
From this reading "Happily and unhappily.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading One evening as she sat with Serge on the sands gazing at the moon peeping above the sea and silvering the waves she said:
in the company of; together with
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the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Serge, tell me, have you ever been in love?"
Chapter 15 of Round the Corner by Gilbert Cannan holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 15 holds 394 sentences of Round the Corner, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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