Chapter 6 of The Four Stragglers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Four Stragglers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh!" said Polly Wickes again. What a ravishing little pout! Where had the girl learned the trick? Was it a trick? Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
Chapter 6 of The Four Stragglers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.”
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
From this reading “Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.”
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading “Where had the girl learned the trick?”
a disdainful grimace
From this reading “What a ravishing little pout!”
stunningly beautiful
From this reading “What a ravishing little pout!”
make steady
From this reading “Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Where had the girl learned the trick?”
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading “Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.”
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.
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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 What a ravishing little pout!
anew
From this reading "Oh!" said Polly Wickes again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
a young female
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it a trick?
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading What a ravishing little pout!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!" said Polly Wickes again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh!" said Polly Wickes again.
a disdainful grimace
From this reading What a ravishing little pout!
stunningly beautiful
From this reading What a ravishing little pout!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh!" said Polly Wickes again.
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
make steady
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it a trick?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a ravishing little pout!
in or at the place that
From this reading Where had the girl learned the trick?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh!" said Polly Wickes again.
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading Those eyes were wonderfully frank, steady, ingenuous--wonderfully deep and self-reliant.
Chapter 6 of The Four Stragglers by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 6 holds 437 sentences of The Four Stragglers, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Four Stragglers by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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