Chapter 26 of The Yellow House is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The Yellow House is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by. We had no news whatever from my father. We did not even know where he was. Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless. All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
Chapter 26 of The Yellow House is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely unclothed
From this reading “Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
torn down and broken up
From this reading “All the rooms, except two were dismantled.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading “Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “All the rooms, except two were dismantled.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
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In this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
(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 the rooms, except two were dismantled.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
completely unclothed
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
without comfort
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
torn down and broken up
From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
divisible by two
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
apart from; not including
From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
information about recent and important events
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
not any; not one
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
precisely as stated
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
in or at the place that
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
Chapter 26 of The Yellow House by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 26 holds 114 sentences of The Yellow House, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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