Chapter 22 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. COPLEY. Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly. She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out. The sunset landscape was glorious.
Chapter 22 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading “COPLEY.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “The sunset landscape was glorious.”
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading “The sunset landscape was glorious.”
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading “Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.”
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
From this reading “Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.”
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading “The sunset landscape was glorious.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading COPLEY.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading The sunset landscape was glorious.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading The sunset landscape was glorious.
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
not any; not one
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
From this reading Lawrence could get no more satisfaction from Dolly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading The sunset landscape was glorious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sunset landscape was glorious.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She left him, and went and stood at the window of her mother's room, looking out.
Chapter 22 of The End of a Coil by Susan Warner holds 505 sentences, grouped into 101 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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