Chapter 5 of The cave girl is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The cave girl is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste. I cannot wait to be home again! How good it looks!" Waldo gazed at her in horror. It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
Chapter 5 of The cave girl is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of waking
From this reading “AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.”
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.”
capable of being believed
From this reading “It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Waldo gazed at her in horror.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “Waldo gazed at her in horror.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “How good it looks!"”
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 “AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.”
In this reading “It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.”
look on as or consider
In this reading “It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
the act of waking
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
capable of being believed
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
a young female
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading How good it looks!"
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
intense and profound fear
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How good it looks!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How good it looks!"
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading How good it looks!"
engage in
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AWAKENING "Come," said the girl, "let us make haste.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I cannot wait to be home again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waldo gazed at her in horror.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading It did not seem credible that this beautiful young creature could be of such clay as that he looked upon.
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Chapter 5 holds 186 sentences of The cave girl, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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