Chapter 4 of The silent places is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The silent places is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The girl stood in the same attitude. Sam Bolton spoke to her. "May-may-gwán." "Little Father." "Why have you followed us?"
Chapter 4 of The silent places is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “The girl stood in the same attitude.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “"Little Father."”
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “"Why have you followed us?"”
a young female
From this reading “The girl stood in the same attitude.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam Bolton spoke to her.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “The girl stood in the same attitude.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Sam Bolton spoke to her.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “The girl stood in the same attitude.”
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a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sam Bolton spoke to her.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Little Father."
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "Why have you followed us?"
a young female
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why have you followed us?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sam Bolton spoke to her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Little Father."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "May-may-gwán."
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam Bolton spoke to her.
Identical; not different.
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Sam Bolton spoke to her.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl stood in the same attitude.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sam Bolton spoke to her.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why have you followed us?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why have you followed us?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why have you followed us?"
Chapter 4 of The silent places by Stewart Edward White holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 4 holds 432 sentences of The silent places, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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