Chapter 5 of The White Moll is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The White Moll is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rhoda Gray shivered. Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face. A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her. Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins. And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
Chapter 5 of The White Moll is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!”
a room in which a lawcourt sits
From this reading “A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.”
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading “Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.”
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.”
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
From this reading “A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.”
without mercy or pity
From this reading “Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.”
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “Rhoda Gray shivered.”
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading “Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.”
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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 A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
a room in which a lawcourt sits
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Rhoda Gray shivered.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
and nothing more
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
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From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
without mercy or pity
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rhoda Gray shivered.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading A sea of faces in a courtroom, morbid faces, hideous faces, leered at her.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading Rhoda Gray shivered.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
the rays of the sun
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Disgrace, ruin, stared her in the face.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And to-night, in just a few minutes more--a cell!
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Gray walls rose before her, walls that shut out sunshine and hope, pitiless, cold things that seemed to freeze the blood in her veins.
Chapter 5 of The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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 5 holds 194 sentences of The White Moll, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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