Chapter 10 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice. She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed. A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled. "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph. "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
Chapter 10 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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congenital absence of an arm or leg
From this reading “"I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.”
of persons; not subject to change
From this reading “"Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.”
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
From this reading “A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.”
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “"So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."”
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading “"I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.”
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “"I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.”
(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
From this reading “A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.”
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading “She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.”
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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 could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
anew
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
congenital absence of an arm or leg
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.
of persons; not subject to change
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
From this reading A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
above and across; more than
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
From this reading A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading A flush had risen in her cheeks, and her hand trembled.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "I could have a marble one," responded Amelia in a low voice.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had taken her sewing again, and she bent her head over it as if she were ashamed.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading "Wide marble! real low down!" confirmed aunt Ann, in a tone of triumph.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So fur as that goes, you could have a marble-top table."
Chapter 10 of Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 426 sentences of Tiverton Tales, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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