Chapter 22 of The White Company is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The White Company is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Mon Dieu! Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together. “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!” “In sooth, yes. And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
Chapter 22 of The White Company is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading “And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading ““Mon Dieu!”
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
From this reading ““So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!””
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading ““So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!””
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.”
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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 Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mon Dieu!
at any time
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In sooth, yes.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Mon Dieu!
used to form the superlative
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
cut with a saw
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
truth or reality
From this reading “In sooth, yes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
an affirmative
From this reading “In sooth, yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Chapter 22 of The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 22 holds 150 sentences of The White Company, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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