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Chapter 10 of The Night-Born is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh! I forgot! Come with me.” His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom. Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
Chapter 10 of The Night-Born is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.”
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading “Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.”
-ing form of “connect” — connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
From this reading “His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.”
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.”
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading “Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “I forgot!”
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
From this reading “Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.”
very small
From this reading “His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.”
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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 Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come with me.”
-ing form of “connect” — connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I forgot!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
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From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I forgot!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come with me.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
a guest cabin
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still holding his hand, she fished in the depths of a hat-locker and brought forth a pint bottle of champagne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
very small
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading His wife caught his hand and led him through the small connecting door to her tiny stateroom.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Come with me.”
Chapter 10 of The Night-Born by Jack London holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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 10 holds 226 sentences of The Night-Born, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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