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Chapter 12 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I wrung his hand and tried to say something. "I want to run away," he quavered. "But I'm afraid to." When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy. Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
Chapter 12 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “"But I'm afraid to."”
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.”
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading “When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.”
past form of “quaver” — give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
From this reading “"I want to run away," he quavered.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Others smiled, and these put heart into us.”
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “I wrung his hand and tried to say something.”
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading “I wrung his hand and tried to say something.”
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.
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading “"I want to run away," he quavered.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "But I'm afraid to."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "I want to run away," he quavered.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I'm afraid to."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I want to run away," he quavered.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But I'm afraid to."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
immediately past
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
the force of workers available
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
past form of “quaver” — give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
From this reading "I want to run away," he quavered.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "I want to run away," he quavered.
cut with a saw
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
express in words
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Others smiled, and these put heart into us.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I want to run away," he quavered.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
at the time that
From this reading When we got in at last we met men coming out, and in some faces we saw the marks of tragedy.
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading I wrung his hand and tried to say something.
Chapter 12 of The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales by Rex Beach holds 403 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.
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