Chapter 16 of The Lost Prince is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of The Lost Prince is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Marco turned and stood with his back against the door. The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes. She began to purr encouragingly. She really helped Marco to think. He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
Chapter 16 of The Lost Prince is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “She really helped Marco to think.”
make a soft swishing sound
From this reading “She began to purr encouragingly.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.”
hard to endure
From this reading “He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
aroused or activated
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading She began to purr encouragingly.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
in an encouraging manner
From this reading She began to purr encouragingly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading She really helped Marco to think.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
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From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
make a soft swishing sound
From this reading She began to purr encouragingly.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She really helped Marco to think.
To recall to mind.
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading She really helped Marco to think.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She began to purr encouragingly.
hard to endure
From this reading He was thinking with all his might and trying to remember.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cat had awakened and she was gazing at him with her green eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Marco turned and stood with his back against the door.
Chapter 16 of The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 16 holds 214 sentences of The Lost Prince, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 214 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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