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Chapter 30 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom. “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!” But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while. The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually. “Ah, me,” she sighed.
Chapter 30 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading ““Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.”
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.”
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading “The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““Ah, me,” she sighed.”
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading “The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.”
utter “tsk,” “tut,” or “tut-tut,” as in disapproval
From this reading ““Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
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From this reading “Ah, me,” she sighed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
a boy or man
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
in a gradual manner
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, me,” she sighed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Ah, me,” she sighed.
be seated
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
not in physical motion
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “She has thrown herself away on that fellow!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
utter “tsk,” “tut,” or “tut-tut,” as in disapproval
From this reading “Tut, tut, tut!” she exclaimed out loud in her bedroom.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The severity upon her face changed to tenderness, gradually.
during the time that
From this reading But some sentences at the end made her pause and sit still for a long while.
Chapter 30 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister holds 252 sentences, grouped into 51 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 30 holds 252 sentences of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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