Chapter 4 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair. "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror. "And Asa P. Easterbrook! A geologist, indeed! That horrid Mrs. Wade!
Chapter 4 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading “Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.”
a specialist in geology
From this reading “A geologist, indeed!”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “That horrid Mrs. Wade!”
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading “"Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.”
having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
From this reading “Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.”
shake, as from cold
From this reading “"Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.”
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading “That horrid Mrs. Wade!”
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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 "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And Asa P. Easterbrook!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And Asa P. Easterbrook!
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And Asa P. Easterbrook!
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
a specialist in geology
From this reading A geologist, indeed!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
exceedingly bad
From this reading That horrid Mrs. Wade!
intense and profound fear
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading A geologist, indeed!
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
From this reading Lucy folded her hands in melodramatic despair.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading That horrid Mrs. Wade!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading "And Asa P. Easterbrook!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
shake, as from cold
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That horrid Mrs. Wade!
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading That horrid Mrs. Wade!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Kansas City!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of horror.
Chapter 4 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea by William Clark [Contributor] Russell holds 483 sentences, grouped into 97 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 4 holds 483 sentences of Stories by English Authors: The Sea, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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