Chapter 3 of Tatterdemalion is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Tatterdemalion is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh! Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard? They've sunk the _Loositania_! Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?" Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
Chapter 3 of Tatterdemalion is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/92 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
weapons considered collectively
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “They've sunk the _Loositania_!”
a special situation
From this reading “Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!”
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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 Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
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From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?
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From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
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From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
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From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
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From this reading They've sunk the _Loositania_!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
doomed to extinction
From this reading They've sunk the _Loositania_!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They've sunk the _Loositania_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They've sunk the _Loositania_!
a special situation
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Has I said to Will: Isn't it horful?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, with her round arms dripping soap-suds, answered: "What a dreadful thing!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mrs. Gerhardt, 'ave you 'eard?
Chapter 3 of Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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 3 holds 463 sentences of Tatterdemalion, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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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