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Chapter 3 of The Automobile Girls at Washington is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used. She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends. The room was empty. Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
Chapter 3 of The Automobile Girls at Washington is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “The room was empty.”
a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
From this reading “TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.”
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.”
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading “TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.”
a safe place
From this reading “She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.”
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.”
not often
From this reading “TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.”
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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 TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading The room was empty.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a safe place
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Bab sank down into a great arm chair and closed her eyes.
not often
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
in or at that place or location
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She hoped to find refuge in it for a few minutes, and then to return to her friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta
From this reading TU FANG WU Bab knew that at the rear of this floor of Mr. Hamlin's house there was a small room that was seldom used.
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