Chapter 5 of Vera, the Medium is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Vera, the Medium is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly. “You’ll be sorry,” said the girl. Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh. When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone. His tone was confident, bantering.
Chapter 5 of Vera, the Medium is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an appealing manner
From this reading “The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.”
cleverly amusing in tone
From this reading “His tone was confident, bantering.”
befitting or characteristic of a young boy
From this reading “Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.”
having or marked by confidence or assurance
From this reading “His tone was confident, bantering.”
in a rebellious manner
From this reading “The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.”
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading “Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ““You’ll be sorry,” said the girl.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
in an appealing manner
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
cleverly amusing in tone
From this reading His tone was confident, bantering.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You’ll be sorry,” said the girl.
befitting or characteristic of a young boy
From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
having or marked by confidence or assurance
From this reading His tone was confident, bantering.
in a rebellious manner
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
a young female
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
destroyed or killed
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You’ll be sorry,” said the girl.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “You’ll be sorry,” said the girl.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
the physical condition of being stretched or strained
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The eyes of the girl met his, appealingly, defiantly.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading His tone was confident, bantering.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His tone was confident, bantering.
at the time that
From this reading When he spoke the tenseness in his voice had gone.
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From this reading Winthrop laughed an eager, boyish laugh.
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From this reading “You’ll be sorry,” said the girl.
Chapter 5 of Vera, the Medium by Richard Harding Davis holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 215 sentences of Vera, the Medium, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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