Chapter 3 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do you like taking care of me?" Rose was silent again. She turned suddenly away. It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why. By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
Chapter 3 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.”
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “Rose was silent again.”
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “"Do you like taking care of me?"”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading “It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.”
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anew
From this reading Rose was silent again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She turned suddenly away.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Rose was silent again.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned suddenly away.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Rose was silent again.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading She turned suddenly away.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
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From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She turned suddenly away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rose was silent again.
clean with some chemical process
From this reading By the eighth day Tanqueray was strong enough to wash his own hands and brush his own hair.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading It was the second time she had done this, and again he wondered why.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you like taking care of me?"
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