The girl from nowhere

Chapter IV

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By Baillie, Mrs. Reynolds • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 4 of The girl from nowhere by Baillie, Mrs. Reynolds holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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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Chapter 4 holds 117 sentences of The girl from nowhere, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

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UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

--MATTHEW ARNOLD.

The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

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The girl from nowhere

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of The girl from nowhere is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

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And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

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--MATTHEW ARNOLD.

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The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

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The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

ARNOLD

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From this reading --MATTHEW ARNOLD.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

awoke

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

barge

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

Bordered

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

breast

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

Bridge

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

Changing

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

cities

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

cold

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

confused

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

cries

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

dawn

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

Doggett

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

flotilla

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

gray

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

Hammersmith

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

hear

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

hoarse

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

just

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

MATTHEW

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From this reading --MATTHEW ARNOLD.

minds

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

misty

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

passing

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From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

piercing

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

RIVER

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

second-in-command

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From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

see

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

shot

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

sights

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From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

stream

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

thousand

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading The barge flotilla was just passing under Hammersmith Bridge.

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From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading The dawn was misty gray and the cold piercing when Doggett awoke his second-in-command.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And we on its breast, our minds Are confused as the cries which we hear, Changing and shot as the sights that we see.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading UP RIVER Bordered by cities, and hoarse With a thousand cries, is its stream.

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