Chapter 6 of Tish is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tish is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"At last!" she said. "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand! Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?" I looked at my watch. It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
Chapter 6 of Tish is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “"Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!”
extend in one or more directions
From this reading “"Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!”
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading “"Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!”
according to the clock
From this reading “It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading “Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “"Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!”
look attentively
From this reading “I looked at my watch.”
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading “"Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At last!" she said.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
extend in one or more directions
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I looked at my watch.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
immediately past
From this reading "At last!" she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked at my watch.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I looked at my watch.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
according to the clock
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "At last!" she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "At last!" she said.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
express a supposition
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was one o'clock and there was not a berry-bush in sight.
look attentively
From this reading I looked at my watch.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading "Free to have a lodge in some vast wilderness--to think, to breathe, to expand!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lizzie, do you suppose if we go back we can get that rabbit?"
Chapter 6 of Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 6 holds 408 sentences of Tish, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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