Chapter 39 of The One-Way Trail is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 39 of The One-Way Trail by Ridgwell Cullum holds 236 sentences, grouped into 48 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 39 holds 236 sentences of The One-Way Trail, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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Chapter XXXIX
Chapter 39 of The One-Way Trail is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open. She did not look up from her sewing-machine. She guessed who her visitor was. "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially. "I'll be through with this in a moment."
Chapter 39 of The One-Way Trail is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “"I'll be through with this in a moment."”
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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 "I'll be through with this in a moment."
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From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
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From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
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From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
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From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
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From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
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From this reading She guessed who her visitor was.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
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From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
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From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
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From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
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From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
above and across; more than
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sit down, Annie, dear," she said, cordially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not look up from her sewing-machine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She guessed who her visitor was.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL Eve's door was suddenly pushed open.
which person or people
From this reading She guessed who her visitor was.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I'll be through with this in a moment."
