Chapter 20 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He turned and caught sight of her. Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame. "Oh! You have done it! I knew you would!"
Chapter 20 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of burning something
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “He turned and caught sight of her.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
fully extended especially in length
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
an instance of visual perception
From this reading “He turned and caught sight of her.”
showing scarcely suppressed anger
From this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
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.
see something for a brief time
In this reading “He turned and caught sight of her.”
In this reading “Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
the act of burning something
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading You have done it!
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have done it!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew you would!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You have done it!
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I knew you would!"
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
fully extended especially in length
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
showing scarcely suppressed anger
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned and caught sight of her.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her hands were outstretched, her eyes were burning with a new fire, as if her smoldering had burst into flame.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I knew you would!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have done it!
Chapter 20 of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 20 holds 396 sentences of The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 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 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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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