Chapter 3 of The Mermaid of Druid Lake, and Other Stories is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Mermaid of Druid Lake, and Other Stories is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SHE--Another of your surprises. Do you treat all of the girls so finely? HE--No; only you. SHE--Bluffer! Goodbye.
Chapter 3 of The Mermaid of Druid Lake, and Other Stories is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “SHE--Another of your surprises.”
a person who tries to bluff other people
From this reading “SHE--Bluffer!”
in tiny pieces
From this reading “Do you treat all of the girls so finely?”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “Do you treat all of the girls so finely?”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Goodbye.”
and nothing more
From this reading “HE--No; only you.”
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “SHE--Another of your surprises.”
interact in a certain way
From this reading “Do you treat all of the girls so finely?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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(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 Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading SHE--Another of your surprises.
a person who tries to bluff other people
From this reading SHE--Bluffer!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
in tiny pieces
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
a farewell remark
From this reading Goodbye.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE--No; only you.
not any; not one
From this reading HE--No; only you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SHE--Another of your surprises.
and nothing more
From this reading HE--No; only you.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SHE--Another of your surprises.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading SHE--Another of your surprises.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
interact in a certain way
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you treat all of the girls so finely?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SHE--Another of your surprises.
Chapter 3 of The Mermaid of Druid Lake, and Other Stories by Charles Weathers Bump holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 444 sentences of The Mermaid of Druid Lake, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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