Chapter 5 of Senator North is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Senator North is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery. Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room. "Perhaps I do," said Betty. She spoke thickly. It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
Chapter 5 of Senator North is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.”
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.”
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading “It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.”
(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
From this reading “Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.”
a member of a senate
From this reading “Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.”
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading “She spoke thickly.”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
quickly and without warning
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
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From this reading "Perhaps I do," said Betty.
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From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Perhaps I do," said Betty.
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Perhaps I do," said Betty.
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
immediately past
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
by chance
From this reading "Perhaps I do," said Betty.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Perhaps I do," said Betty.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
a member of a senate
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She spoke thickly.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She spoke thickly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he had risen abruptly and gone into the cloak-room.
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading She spoke thickly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed incredible that he was coming up to the gallery at last.
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading Senator North had wheeled about slowly and glanced up at the private gallery.
Chapter 5 of Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 420 sentences of Senator North, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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