Chapter 21 of The Three Sisters is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Three Sisters is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet. She stood still then and clenched her hands. The pain at her heart was like no other pain. It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children. Presently she would have to go up and see them.
Chapter 21 of The Three Sisters is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading “In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.”
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading “She stood still then and clenched her hands.”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “The pain at her heart was like no other pain.”
in the near future
From this reading “Presently she would have to go up and see them.”
-ing form of “scamper” — to move about or proceed hurriedly
From this reading “In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.”
on a floor above
From this reading “In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
-ing form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as if she hated Rowcliffe's children.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
not any; not one
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
in the near future
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
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From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
-ing form of “scamper” — to move about or proceed hurriedly
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
not in physical motion
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She stood still then and clenched her hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
on a floor above
From this reading In the room upstairs she heard the cries of Rowcliffe's children, bumping and the scampering of feet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pain at her heart was like no other pain.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Presently she would have to go up and see them.
Chapter 21 of The Three Sisters by May Sinclair holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 21 holds 413 sentences of The Three Sisters, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Three Sisters by May Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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