Chapter 3 of The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it. "Hello." No response. "Hello!" Silence.
Chapter 3 of The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife is here in full — 545 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “"Hello."”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
a result
From this reading “No response.”
the sound of a bell ringing
From this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Silence.”
ready to fall asleep
From this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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move out of or depart from
In this reading “Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
react verbally
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
an expression of greeting
From this reading "Hello."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
not any; not one
From this reading No response.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
a result
From this reading No response.
the sound of a bell ringing
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Silence.
ready to fall asleep
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ten P.M. The 'phone is ringing and the sleepy doctor gets out of bed and goes to answer it.
Chapter 3 of The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh holds 545 sentences, grouped into 109 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 3 holds 545 sentences of The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife, unabridged, divided into 109 reading sections.
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