Chapter 16 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me! You frightened me! What do you want here ... in this horrible room?” She was trembling. One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
Chapter 16 of The Yellow Streak is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a slight indication
From this reading “A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!”
put on clothes
From this reading “One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.”
made afraid
From this reading “A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!”
provoking horror
From this reading “What do you want here ... in this horrible room?””
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.”
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
From this reading “One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “She was trembling.”
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 A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
a slight indication
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
put on clothes
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
made afraid
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
a young female
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
provoking horror
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was trembling.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading One slim hand plucked nervously at her dress.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
a shaky motion
From this reading She was trembling.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was trembling.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you want here ... in this horrible room?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A FRESH CLUE “Oh!” cried the girl, “you frightened me!
Chapter 16 of The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams holds 242 sentences, grouped into 49 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 16 holds 242 sentences of The Yellow Streak, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 242 sentences, grouped into 49 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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