Chapter 23 of Suzanna stirs the fire is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Suzanna stirs the fire is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June. She sat quietly, hands folded. She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne. She caught disconnected words. They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
Chapter 23 of Suzanna stirs the fire is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading “TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.”
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
From this reading “She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.”
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
From this reading “She caught disconnected words.”
plural of “flake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading “They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.”
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.”
having no meaning or direction or purpose
From this reading “They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
subject to appointment
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading She caught disconnected words.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
From this reading She caught disconnected words.
on a floor below
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
plural of “flake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading She sat quietly, hands folded.
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She sat quietly, hands folded.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
having no meaning or direction or purpose
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
with low volume
From this reading She sat quietly, hands folded.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat quietly, hands folded.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
a male human offspring
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They floated to her broken like meaningless flakes of snow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She could hear Graham, her son, downstairs beneath her window talking to David and Daphne.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading TO THE SEASHORE Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett sat in her own perfectly appointed room one morning in late June.
the words that are spoken
From this reading She caught disconnected words.
Chapter 23 of Suzanna stirs the fire by Emily Calvin Blake holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 23 holds 121 sentences of Suzanna stirs the fire, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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