Chapter 19 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Elsie stared at her. "You’re so different." "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this. She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer." The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
Chapter 19 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “"You’re so different."”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Elsie stared at her.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."”
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading “The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.”
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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In this reading “Elsie stared at her.”
In this reading “The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.”
travel across or pass over
In this reading “"Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.”
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anew
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
(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 She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Elsie stared at her.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading "You’re so different."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elsie stared at her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Elsie stared at her.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.
precisely, exactly
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "You’re so different."
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Elsie stared at her.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading She got over Granthope all right, and she got over Gay Summer."
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tears surged into Fancy’s eyes again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Oh, Fancy’ll get over this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You’re so different."
Chapter 19 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 19 holds 401 sentences of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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