Chapter 15 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear. “Patsy, Patsy!” whispered Anne. “Wake up! I’ve something to tell you. Wake up and listen.
Chapter 15 of The old mine's secret is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading ““Patsy, Patsy!” whispered Anne.”
aroused or activated
From this reading “That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.”
hear with intention
From this reading “Wake up and listen.”
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading “That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading ““Wake up!”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading ““Patsy, Patsy!” whispered Anne.”
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cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading ““Wake up!”
In this reading “That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.”
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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 That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wake up and listen.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “Patsy, Patsy!” whispered Anne.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
aroused or activated
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve something to tell you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
hear with intention
From this reading Wake up and listen.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I’ve something to tell you.
express in words
From this reading I’ve something to tell you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’ve something to tell you.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Wake up!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Wake up!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night Patsy was awakened by a hand on her arm, an excited voice in her ear.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “Patsy, Patsy!” whispered Anne.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’ve something to tell you.
Chapter 15 of The old mine's secret by Edna Henry Lee Turpin holds 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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 15 holds 351 sentences of The old mine's secret, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The old mine's secret by Edna Henry Lee Turpin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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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