Chapter 23 of The Flirt is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of The Flirt is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why?" "Did you see her?" "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him. "Yes. She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
Chapter 23 of The Flirt is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move deeply
From this reading “She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “"No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.”
to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
From this reading “"No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “"No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you see her?"
move deeply
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Did you see her?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Did you see her?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "No, I'm sorry to----" "She's home, all right," Hedrick took pleasure in informing him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you see her?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She was lying down and I told your mother not to disturb her."
Chapter 23 of The Flirt by Booth Tarkington holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 23 holds 187 sentences of The Flirt, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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