Chapter 8 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why, that's the strangest thing about it. She hasn't heard at all. She doesn't know where he is. She thought we must know. She was terribly broken up."
Chapter 8 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “She was terribly broken up."”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “She hasn't heard at all.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “She doesn't know where he is.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “She thought we must know.”
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “"Why, that's the strangest thing about it.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “She was terribly broken up."”
a special situation
From this reading “"Why, that's the strangest thing about it.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “She thought we must know.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
(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 She hasn't heard at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She hasn't heard at all.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She was terribly broken up."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She doesn't know where he is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She hasn't heard at all.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She doesn't know where he is.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She hasn't heard at all.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She doesn't know where he is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She doesn't know where he is.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She thought we must know.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hasn't heard at all.
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
used as intensifiers
From this reading She was terribly broken up."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
a special situation
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She thought we must know.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She was terribly broken up."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was terribly broken up."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She thought we must know.
in or at the place that
From this reading She doesn't know where he is.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, that's the strangest thing about it.
Chapter 8 of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 by William Dean Howells holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 8 holds 153 sentences of Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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