Chapter 9 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SHE felt free to go now. She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs. It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek. As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing. She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
Chapter 9 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.”
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading “She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.”
used of a height or viewpoint
From this reading “It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading She leaned forward and glanced down at the creek.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
used of a height or viewpoint
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SHE felt free to go now.
in the direction of
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading As she knelt to remove the leaves, she heard from far below a man's voice singing.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was on the side of the rock overlooking the creek.
in or at the place that
From this reading She walked toward the place where she had left the eggs.
Chapter 9 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips holds 496 sentences, grouped into 100 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 9 holds 496 sentences of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
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