Chapter 4 of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said. “Shame on you! Go on to your party!” With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door. “I won’t go.
Chapter 4 of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading ““See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “Go on to your party!””
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading ““Shame on you!”
in the direction of
From this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
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.
In this reading “With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “Go on to your party!””
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
the two together, not just one
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go on to your party!”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I won’t go.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Shame on you!
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Go on to your party!”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “Shame on you!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Go on to your party!”
in the direction of
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “See here——” “Oh, hush up!” she said.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With that she put both hands upon his breast, and pushed him toward the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I won’t go.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Shame on you!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Go on to your party!”
Chapter 4 of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories by Booth Tarkington holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 4 holds 412 sentences of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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