Chapter 36 of The Pride of Eve is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of The Pride of Eve is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action. She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back. “We must keep together.” “I can’t loaf about here any longer. I’m catching cold.
Chapter 36 of The Pride of Eve is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “I’m catching cold.”
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
From this reading ““I can’t loaf about here any longer.”
past form of “overflow” — flow or run over (a limit or brim)
From this reading “NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.”
move with force
From this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
From this reading “NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.”
plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.”
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any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
In this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
In this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
In this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.”
In this reading “NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
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From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading I’m catching cold.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading I’m catching cold.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
being one more than ten
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m catching cold.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “We must keep together.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
for more time
From this reading “I can’t loaf about here any longer.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must keep together.”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
according to the clock
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
past form of “overflow” — flow or run over (a limit or brim)
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
move with force
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NATURE SMILES About eleven o’clock Lizzie Straker’s restlessness overflowed into action.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “We must keep together.”
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must keep together.”
at the time that
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading She got up, whispered something to Joan Gaunt, and was about to push her way through the young fir trees when the elder woman called her back.
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