Chapter 10 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.” T. Hood. |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her. “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his. “And we have seen Ralph.
Chapter 10 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading “|So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.”
in the shape of a coil
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “T. Hood.”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
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In this reading ““Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.”
In this reading ““Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.””
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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 “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
how long something has existed
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
in a benevolent manner
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
in the shape of a coil
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading T. Hood.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
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From this reading “And we have seen Ralph.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “And we have seen Ralph.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading T. Hood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “And we have seen Ralph.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes,” she replied, her blue eyes looking straight into his.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading |So you have been to the Abbey?” he said, smiling benevolently upon her.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Savage at heart, and false of tongue, Subtle with age, and smooth to the young, Like a snake in his coiling and curling.”
Chapter 10 of Wayfaring Men: A Novel by Edna Lyall holds 331 sentences, grouped into 67 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.
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