Chapter 10 of The river is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The river is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FEAR MRS. Parrish’s chair continued to plunge. It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm. Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion. Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
Chapter 10 of The river is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading “Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.”
tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
From this reading “Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.”
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading “Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.”
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading “It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.”
thrust or throw into
From this reading “Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.”
past form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.”
in an unsteady manner
From this reading “Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.”
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In this reading “Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.”
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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 It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.
without stop or interruption
From this reading Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading FEAR MRS.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
brought together in one place
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
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From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading FEAR MRS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
a coniferous tree
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
thrust or throw into
From this reading Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.
past form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
transport commercially
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading It rocked and pitched like a ship in a storm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Parrish’s chair continued to plunge.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Her tongue gathered excitement from the motion.
in an unsteady manner
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Busby looked with anxiety at the graphophone perching uncertainly on the pine box.
Chapter 10 of The river by Ednah Aiken holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 10 holds 227 sentences of The river, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The river by Ednah Aiken exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 46 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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