Chapter 6 of The Lost Despatch is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Lost Despatch is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy." Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend. Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush. Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear: "Blue or gray?"
Chapter 6 of The Lost Despatch is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."”
move hurridly
From this reading “Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."”
a member of a senate
From this reading “Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:”
the environmental condition
From this reading “Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.”
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading “Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
(of mail) marked with a destination
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading "Blue or gray?"
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading "Blue or gray?"
in the manner of someone who has committed an offense
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
being perceived or observed
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Blue or gray?"
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
move hurridly
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
a member of a senate
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
the environmental condition
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading Mrs. Warren leaned across the table and addressed her friend.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Senator Warren, seated on her left, noticed her confusion, and whispered in her ear:
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nancy started guiltily, and her thoughts returned to her surroundings with a rush.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER "A penny for your thoughts, Nancy."
Chapter 6 of The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln holds 47 sentences, grouped into 10 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 6 holds 47 sentences of The Lost Despatch, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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