Chapter 35 of The Bird in the Box is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Bird in the Box is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft. When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand. Her movement suggested flying. "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!" Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
Chapter 35 of The Bird in the Box is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
From this reading “THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.”
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading “Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.”
intentionally conceived
From this reading “"Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"”
moving swiftly
From this reading “Her movement suggested flying.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.”
inflected form of “spy” — catch sight of
From this reading “When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.”
In this reading “When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
intentionally conceived
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
moving swiftly
From this reading Her movement suggested flying.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Emil gazed at her as at an apparition.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
the act of departing
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading Her movement suggested flying.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
inflected form of “spy” — catch sight of
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading Her movement suggested flying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading THE ESCAPE Annie waved one hand aloft.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Conscious!" she cried, "she's conscious; she's going to get well!"
at the time that
From this reading When she spied her husband on the beach, she waved the other hand.
Chapter 35 of The Bird in the Box by Mary M. (Mary Martha) Mears holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 35 holds 149 sentences of The Bird in the Box, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 35 of The Bird in the Box by Mary M. (Mary Martha) Mears exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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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