Chapter 11 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's all right! It's all right! Don't get frightened! We can say that we have broken a spring." Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
Chapter 11 of The Continental Classics — Volume XVIII is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
made afraid
From this reading “Don't get frightened!”
full of juice
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
the season of growth
From this reading “We can say that we have broken a spring."”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.”
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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 We can say that we have broken a spring."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "It's all right!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
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From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't get frightened!
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From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
made afraid
From this reading Don't get frightened!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Don't get frightened!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's all right!
full of juice
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
extremely dark
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It's all right!
express in words
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
the season of growth
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We can say that we have broken a spring."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips.
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