Chapter 17 of Trent's Trust, and Other Stories is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Trent's Trust, and Other Stories is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“This! Making my mother pretend you were her son! Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!” “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily. “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
Chapter 17 of Trent's Trust, and Other Stories is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading “Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!””
with gloom
From this reading ““She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!””
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!””
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “Making my mother pretend you were her son!”
make believe with the intent to deceive
From this reading “Making my mother pretend you were her son!”
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
From this reading ““She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Making my mother pretend you were her son!”
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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 Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
with gloom
From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
the force of workers available
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
make believe with the intent to deceive
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
a male human offspring
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bringing her here among these men to live a lie!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I told her what she had to do, and she seemed to like it.”
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From this reading “She was willin',” said Prosper gloomily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Making my mother pretend you were her son!
Chapter 17 of Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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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