Chapter 15 of The Zeppelin's Passenger is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Zeppelin's Passenger is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!” Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat. “You mean by coming to a place like this?” Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant. “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
Chapter 15 of The Zeppelin's Passenger is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading ““Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!””
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading “Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.”
a building where people go to eat
From this reading “Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.”
extremely
From this reading ““Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!””
plural of “sinner” — a person who sins (without repenting)
From this reading ““We are not, in that case, the only sinners.””
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading “Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.”
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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 “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
(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 “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
-ing form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
and nothing more
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
a building where people go to eat
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
extremely
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
plural of “sinner” — a person who sins (without repenting)
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
Chapter 15 of The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim holds 146 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 15 holds 146 sentences of The Zeppelin's Passenger, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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