Chapter 10 of The climbers is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The climbers is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STERLING. How different! Oh, what a beast! what a fool! BLANCHE. [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
Chapter 10 of The climbers is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Oh, what a beast! what a fool!”
any strong feeling
From this reading “[_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Oh, what a beast! what a fool!”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “[_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!”
the utterance of intelligible speech
highest in quality
From this reading “STERLING.”
possessive form of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “[_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!”
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “[_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Oh, what a beast! what a fool!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Oh, what a beast! what a fool!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BLANCHE.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading How different!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
any strong feeling
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
opinion or judgment
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Oh, what a beast! what a fool!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How different!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, what a beast! what a fool!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
highest in quality
From this reading STERLING.
possessive form of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh, what a beast! what a fool!
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Speaking with pathetic emotion, tears in her throat and in her eyes._] And that early summer's day you asked me to be your wife!
Chapter 10 of The climbers by Clyde Fitch holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 405 sentences of The climbers, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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