Chapter 8 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why, Miss Claire, how could you! Where have you been? And your mother in such a bad way!" Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears. Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
Chapter 8 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “And your mother in such a bad way!"”
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.”
lacking funds
From this reading “Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.”
showing lack of skill or aptitude
From this reading “Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.”
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"Why, Miss Claire, how could you!”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.”
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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 And your mother in such a bad way!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where have you been?
lacking funds
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
showing lack of skill or aptitude
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Where have you been?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Mrs. Finnegan broke into sudden tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Claire, fumbling in her bag for the front-door key, looked up.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
in or at the place that
From this reading Where have you been?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, Miss Claire, how could you!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And your mother in such a bad way!"
Chapter 8 of The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 8 holds 221 sentences of The Blood Red Dawn, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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