Chapter 3 of The Tigress is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Tigress is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling. And the way he said it was almost reverential. The tone struck young Andrews dumb. His chance had come again. He should have said: "Yes?
Chapter 3 of The Tigress is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
From this reading “The tone struck young Andrews dumb.”
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
From this reading “The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.”
a special loved one
From this reading “The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “The tone struck young Andrews dumb.”
feeling or manifesting veneration
From this reading “And the way he said it was almost reverential.”
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “The tone struck young Andrews dumb.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.”
In this reading “His chance had come again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading His chance had come again.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
From this reading The tone struck young Andrews dumb.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading His chance had come again.
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading His chance had come again.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
a special loved one
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading The tone struck young Andrews dumb.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His chance had come again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He should have said: "Yes?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His chance had come again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
feeling or manifesting veneration
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He should have said: "Yes?
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading The tone struck young Andrews dumb.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The tone struck young Andrews dumb.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading And the way he said it was almost reverential.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The Cobra in the Corner "My wife!" said Colonel Darling.
an affirmative
From this reading He should have said: "Yes?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The tone struck young Andrews dumb.
Chapter 3 of The Tigress by Anne Warner holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 188 sentences of The Tigress, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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