Chapter 5 of The Avalanche: A Mystery Story is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Avalanche: A Mystery Story is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I "And you won't take me to the party?" Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders. "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more." "I'm afraid not. The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
Chapter 5 of The Avalanche: A Mystery Story is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading “The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.”
in a charming manner
From this reading “Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “"I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.”
a light shade of red
From this reading “Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.”
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading “Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.”
a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
From this reading “Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.”
arrange or fold as a cover or protection
From this reading “Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.”
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "I'm afraid not.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
in a charming manner
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm afraid not.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
and nothing more
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
set down according to a plan
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
engage in
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm afraid not.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Australian mail came in just as business closed and it's on my mind.
on one occasion
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
above and across; more than
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
a light shade of red
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
carry out
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I thought you said you might make it, and it would be too delightful to dance with you once more."
arrange or fold as a cover or protection
From this reading Helene pouted charmingly as her husband laid her pink taffeta wrap over her shoulders.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I "And you won't take me to the party?"
Chapter 5 of The Avalanche: A Mystery Story by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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