Chapter 4 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The girl laughed. "I'm not hurt a bit!" They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation. In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right. "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
Chapter 4 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “"How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.”
in a beautiful manner
From this reading “"How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.”
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
From this reading “They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"I'm not hurt a bit!"”
an instinctive motive
From this reading “They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.”
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading “"How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.”
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading “They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.”
an assured victory (especially in an election)
From this reading “"How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.”
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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 "I'm not hurt a bit!"
anew
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
(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 In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
in a beautiful manner
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "I'm not hurt a bit!"
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
a young female
From this reading The girl laughed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
be the source of pain
From this reading "I'm not hurt a bit!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm not hurt a bit!"
an instinctive motive
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The girl laughed.
march in a procession
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm not hurt a bit!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
precisely, exactly
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl laughed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had one impulse to escape from the place, and from the sympathy and congratulation.
an assured victory (especially in an election)
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the dressing-room she declared again that she was all right.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How beautifully you waltz, Mrs. March!" she said, and she laughed again, and would not agree with her that she had been ridiculous.
Chapter 4 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 by William Dean Howells holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
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