Chapter 18 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 557 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 557 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE. Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him. His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently. Heavens! Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
Chapter 18 of The Little Lady of Lagunitas is here in full — 557 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “approach” — ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
From this reading “His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.”
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.”
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
From this reading “Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.”
a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
From this reading “His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.”
lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
From this reading “Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.”
past form of “usher” — take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
From this reading “Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.”
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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 Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
plural of “approach” — ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
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From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading Heavens!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
on one occasion
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
and nothing more
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
without speaking
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LOVERS ONCE.--STRANGERS NOW.--FACE TO FACE.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
past form of “usher” — take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
From this reading Ushered into a private room, the soulless Hardin's iron nerves fail him.
at the time that
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading His heart leaps up wildly when royal "Madame de Santos" approaches silently.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her startling beauty is only mellowed with time.
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