Chapter 14 of The Sealed Valley is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Sealed Valley is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection. "Tell me," whispered Nahnya. "Oh, Annie! It's so strange! I can't!
Chapter 14 of The Sealed Valley is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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uttered without voice
From this reading “"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.”
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
From this reading “"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading “"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “It's so strange!”
express in words
From this reading “"Tell me," whispered Nahnya.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"Tell me," whispered Nahnya.”
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In this reading “"Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.”
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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 "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
uttered without voice
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't!
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's so strange!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me," whispered Nahnya.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell me," whispered Nahnya.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It's so strange!
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It's so strange!
express in words
From this reading "Tell me," whispered Nahnya.
a shaky motion
From this reading "Oh, Annie!" she breathed on a trembling, rising inflection.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Tell me," whispered Nahnya.
Chapter 14 of The Sealed Valley by Hulbert Footner holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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 14 holds 392 sentences of The Sealed Valley, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Sealed Valley by Hulbert Footner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 79 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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