Chapter 20 of What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular. There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green! How the calm colour lures and soothes it! But is there to the green only a single hue? See how infinite the variety of its tints!
Chapter 20 of What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an analytic or interpretive literary composition
From this reading “Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.”
involving risk or danger
From this reading “Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.”
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading “But is there to the green only a single hue?”
plural of “lure” — qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
From this reading “How the calm colour lures and soothes it!”
possessive form of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.”
plural of “rest” — something left after other parts have been taken away
From this reading “There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!”
third-person singular of “soothe” — give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading “How the calm colour lures and soothes it!”
plural of “tint” — a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
From this reading “See how infinite the variety of its tints!”
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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 Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
make calm or still
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
an analytic or interpretive literary composition
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the organ of sight
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
involving risk or danger
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
as a matter of instinct
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
plural of “lure” — qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
and nothing more
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
possessive form of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
plural of “rest” — something left after other parts have been taken away
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
third-person singular of “soothe” — give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
plural of “tint” — a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
Chapter 20 of What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 32 sentences, grouped into 7 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 20 holds 32 sentences of What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03, unabridged, divided into 7 reading sections.
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