Chapter 6 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rebecca hesitated. Her face was very pale. She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline. “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely. “Why do you act so, Rebecca?”
Chapter 6 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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extremely painful
From this reading “She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.”
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading “She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.”
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading “She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.”
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading ““Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “Rebecca hesitated.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading ““Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.”
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
From this reading “Rebecca hesitated.”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “Why do you act so, Rebecca?”
extremely painful
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Why do you act so, Rebecca?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her face was very pale.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her face was very pale.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Rebecca hesitated.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Her face was very pale.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
From this reading Rebecca hesitated.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Why do you act so, Rebecca?”
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
precisely as stated
From this reading Her face was very pale.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her face was very pale.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked with an appeal that was fairly agonizing at her sister Caroline.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why don’t you put the lamp on this table, as she says?” asked Caroline, almost fiercely.
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