Chapter 2 of The Trail of Conflict is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Trail of Conflict is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered. The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father. He took down the receiver. "Yes. All right.
Chapter 2 of The Trail of Conflict is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an appealing manner
From this reading “The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.”
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
From this reading “The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.”
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading “The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.”
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading “The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.”
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading “The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.”
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading “He took down the receiver.”
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
From this reading “The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.”
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 “The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.”
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 girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.”
In this reading “The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.”
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
(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 All right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
in an appealing manner
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
not accessible to view
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
a female human offspring
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He took down the receiver.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
a young female
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took down the receiver.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
of an obscure nature
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading He took down the receiver.
precisely, exactly
From this reading All right.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
believed likely
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
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 The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The telephone in the luxurious living-room of their suite rang sharply as Daniel Glamorgan and his daughter entered.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The girl looked at the instrument as though she suspected a concealed bomb in its mysterious depths, then appealingly at her father.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He took down the receiver.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
Chapter 2 of The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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 2 holds 218 sentences of The Trail of Conflict, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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