Chapter 6 of The Militants Stories of Some Parsons is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Militants Stories of Some Parsons is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it. 'I love you,' said she. And she meant it. "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away. "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
Chapter 6 of The Militants Stories of Some Parsons is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “"'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “"'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.”
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “And she meant it.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “"'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “"'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
anew
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading 'I love you,' said she.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading And she meant it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
not any; not one
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "'Oh, no--oh, please go now,' she begged.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
express in words
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'Give me a kiss,' said I, and I leaned close to her, but she pulled away.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "'Tell me, then,' said I, and she stopped half a second, and gasped again, and looked up in my eyes and said it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I love you,' said she.
Chapter 6 of The Militants Stories of Some Parsons by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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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