Chapter 35 of The Rise of Silas Lapham is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Rise of Silas Lapham is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham. You go your way, and I go mine. That's all." She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face. "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
Chapter 35 of The Rise of Silas Lapham is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “"Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.”
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading “"I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.”
English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
From this reading “"I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."”
United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
From this reading “"I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."”
refrain from harming
From this reading “"I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.”
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 She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading That's all."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
for the reason that
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
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 She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
engage in
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I guess not, Colonel Lapham.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
express in words
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
refrain from harming
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
express in speech
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's all."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I don't say it to make favour with you, because I don't want you to spare me, and I don't ask you; but I got into it through Milton K. Rogers."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She waited for him to speak, listening with a cold, hard smile on her face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You go your way, and I go mine.
Chapter 35 of The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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