Chapter 16 of Short Stories for High Schools is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Short Stories for High Schools is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity. “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?” “Well, over-work, I suppose. You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December. And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
Chapter 16 of Short Stories for High Schools is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading ““What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?””
-ing form of “bottle” — store (liquids or gases) in bottles
From this reading “You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.”
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
From this reading “You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.”
a county of southern England on the English Channel
From this reading “You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.””
plural of “stirring” — agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading “Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.”
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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 You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
-ing form of “bottle” — store (liquids or gases) in bottles
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
a county of southern England on the English Channel
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, over-work, I suppose.
immediately past
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, over-work, I suppose.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
plural of “stirring” — agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
express a supposition
From this reading “Well, over-work, I suppose.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the shock of that poor boy’s death did the rest.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Faxon felt the first faint stirrings of curiosity.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, over-work, I suppose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me, anyhow?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
Chapter 16 of Short Stories for High Schools by Rosa Mary Redding[Editor] Mikels holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 16 holds 401 sentences of Short Stories for High Schools, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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