Chapter 19 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely. “Don't you, Mr. Baxter?” “What?” he gulped. “Yeh.” “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
Chapter 19 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading ““It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?””
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading ““I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading ““It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?””
past form of “gulp” — to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading ““What?” he gulped.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ““I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ““I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ““I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.”
in a peacefully serene manner
From this reading ““I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.”
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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 “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
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From this reading “Don't you, Mr. Baxter?”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don't you, Mr. Baxter?”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
past form of “gulp” — to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading “What?” he gulped.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What?” he gulped.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
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From this reading “It's a beautiful floor for dancing, isn't it?”
and nothing more
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Don't you, Mr. Baxter?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
in a peacefully serene manner
From this reading “I just love dancing,” said Miss Boke, serenely.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What?” he gulped.
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From this reading “Yeh.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Don't you, Mr. Baxter?”
Chapter 19 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time by Booth Tarkington holds 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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 19 holds 198 sentences of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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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