Chapter 10 of The step on the stair is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The step on the stair is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.” XXXIX What should I say to her? How begin? How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp? Futile questions.
Chapter 10 of The step on the stair is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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hold firmly and tightly
From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”
being one more than ten
From this reading ““She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.””
producing no result or effect
From this reading “Futile questions.”
be motionless, in suspension
From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”
by chance
From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “Futile questions.”
-ing form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading How begin?
hold firmly and tightly
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
dearly loved
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
being one more than ten
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
producing no result or effect
From this reading Futile questions.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How begin?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
be motionless, in suspension
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
by chance
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading Futile questions.
-ing form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
express in words
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
Chapter 10 of The step on the stair by Anna Katharine Green holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 399 sentences of The step on the stair, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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