Chapter 28 of The Lost Ambassador is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of The Lost Ambassador is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me. Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me. In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back. "Felicia!" I exclaimed.
Chapter 28 of The Lost Ambassador is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expected hopefully
From this reading “CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.”
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading “CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.”
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.”
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading “In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
in a way that was not expected
From this reading “In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.”
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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 CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
expected hopefully
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading I exclaimed.
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
in a swift manner
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
in the direction of
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
in a way that was not expected
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
Chapter 28 of The Lost Ambassador by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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