Chapter 15 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 708 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 708 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS. Paris is a human hive. Thousands labor to restore its beauty. The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards. The galleries reopen.
Chapter 15 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 708 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boulevard” — a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading “The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.”
plural of “ebb” — a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading “The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.”
plural of “gallery” — spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “The galleries reopen.”
plural of “heir” — a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
From this reading “NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.”
a teeming multitude
From this reading “Paris is a human hive.”
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.”
open again or anew
From this reading “The galleries reopen.”
French royal house from 1328 to 1589
From this reading “NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.”
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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 Paris is a human hive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
plural of “boulevard” — a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
plural of “ebb” — a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
plural of “flow” — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
plural of “gallery” — spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading The galleries reopen.
plural of “heir” — a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
a teeming multitude
From this reading Paris is a human hive.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Paris is a human hive.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris is a human hive.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
on one occasion
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading Paris is a human hive.
open again or anew
From this reading The galleries reopen.
return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading The stream of life ebbs and flows once more on the boulevards.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thousands labor to restore its beauty.
French royal house from 1328 to 1589
From this reading NEARING EACH OTHER.--THE VALOIS HEIRS.
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