Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Kathlyn is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Kathlyn is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I'm rich. We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places. I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder. We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna. And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Kathlyn is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 22/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 106–110
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capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
From this reading “We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.”
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
From this reading “I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.”
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
From this reading “And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.”
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
From this reading “I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.”
relieve from
From this reading “We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.”
French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
From this reading “And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.”
the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
From this reading “We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.”
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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 I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
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From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
From this reading I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
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From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
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From this reading I'm rich.
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
From this reading I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
possessing material wealth
From this reading I'm rich.
relieve from
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
express in words
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading I'm a bit tired myself of jungle fodder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
From this reading We'll go to Paris, and Berlin, and Rome, and Vienna.
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From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
a late time of life
From this reading We'll get rid of all these brutes and spend the rest of the years seeing the show places.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
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From this reading And you, Kit, shall go and tell Rodin that you've inherited the spirit of Gerome.
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