Chapter 11 of The Torch-Bearers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Torch-Bearers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWILLER. There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there. MRS. PAMPINELLI. [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
Chapter 11 of The Torch-Bearers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
dearly loved
From this reading “[_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.”
plural of “gesture” — motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “[_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
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In this reading “There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
dearly loved
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
divisible by two
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
plural of “gesture” — motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PAMPINELLI.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
precisely, exactly
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s a great deal of light and shade in that part, right in there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Deprecatingly_] Ho! my dear,--it is _all_ light and shade;--even to the gestures.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TWILLER.
Chapter 11 of The Torch-Bearers by George Kelly holds 400 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 11 holds 400 sentences of The Torch-Bearers, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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