Chapter 11 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands. "O my soul!" Her face grew curiously mature. It seemed to mirror his. She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
Chapter 11 of Tiverton Tales is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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uttered without voice
From this reading “"O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “"O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.”
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading “Her face grew curiously mature.”
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading “She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.”
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading “She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.”
characteristic of maturity
From this reading “Her face grew curiously mature.”
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading “It seemed to mirror his.”
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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 She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
uttered without voice
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading Her face grew curiously mature.
causing or capable of causing death
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her face grew curiously mature.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Her face grew curiously mature.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to mirror his.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to mirror his.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
characteristic of maturity
From this reading Her face grew curiously mature.
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading It seemed to mirror his.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to mirror his.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She leaned forward, in a deadly earnestness.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "O my soul, gran'ther!" breathed Mary, clasping her little brown hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to mirror his.
Chapter 11 of Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 410 sentences of Tiverton Tales, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Tiverton Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
