Chapter 16 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FIGHT. The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs. What was she afraid of? Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker. A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
Chapter 16 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
From this reading “Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.”
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.”
possessive form of “dolly” — conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.”
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.”
plural of “rib” — support resembling the rib of an animal
From this reading “The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.”
from appearances alone
From this reading “A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.”
move rhythmically
From this reading “The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.”
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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 A FIGHT.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading What was she afraid of?
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
possessive form of “dolly” — conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
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From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading A FIGHT.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What was she afraid of?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
plural of “rib” — support resembling the rib of an animal
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
from appearances alone
From this reading A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What was she afraid of?
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading A servant came, a stupid one seemingly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
move rhythmically
From this reading The cab stopped, and Dolly's heart gave a great thump against her ribs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was she afraid of?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was she afraid of?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mrs. Jersey said she would wait in the cab, and Dolly applied herself to the door-knocker.
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