Chapter 11 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir. Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire. “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!” “Who?” said Lady Margaret.
Chapter 11 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.”
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading “MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading ““Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!””
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading “MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.”
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading ““Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!””
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.”
possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.”
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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 “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
quickly and without warning
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
start firing a weapon
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
a young female
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
having a supporting base
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading MANDERTON IS NONPLUSSED Horace Trevert walked abruptly into Mary’s Chinese boudoir.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well,” said Horace, dropping into a chair, “he’s gone!”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lady Margaret and the girl were standing by the fire.
which person or people
From this reading “Who?” said Lady Margaret.
Chapter 11 of The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 11 holds 174 sentences of The Yellow Streak, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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