Chapter 33 of The Lady and the Pirate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of The Lady and the Pirate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!" I heard her call, and turned quickly. "Harry, wait!" She came hurrying up toward me. I felt my color rise.
Chapter 33 of The Lady and the Pirate is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “I felt my color rise.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"”
moving with great haste
From this reading “She came hurrying up toward me.”
with speed
From this reading “I heard her call, and turned quickly.”
the reestablishing of cordial relations
From this reading “IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"”
move upward
From this reading “I felt my color rise.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “"Harry, wait!"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading I felt my color rise.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt my color rise.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
moving with great haste
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I felt my color rise.
not any; not one
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
with speed
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
the reestablishing of cordial relations
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
move upward
From this reading I felt my color rise.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
in the direction of
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I heard her call, and turned quickly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She came hurrying up toward me.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Harry, wait!"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN WHICH IS NO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE FAIR CAPTIVE "Harry!"
Chapter 33 of The Lady and the Pirate by Emerson Hough holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 33 holds 124 sentences of The Lady and the Pirate, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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