Chapter 28 of White Lightning is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of White Lightning is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand. A girl turned to her neighbor. “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?” “I wasn’t thinking about it. I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
Chapter 28 of White Lightning is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading ““Did you ever see such beautiful hair?””
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I want to bring up two little Gracchi.””
a young female
From this reading “A girl turned to her neighbor.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading ““Did you ever see such beautiful hair?””
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading “The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “A girl turned to her neighbor.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading ““I wasn’t thinking about it.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “I want to bring up two little Gracchi.””
In this reading ““Did you ever see such beautiful hair?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A girl turned to her neighbor.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I wasn’t thinking about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
at any time
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
a young female
From this reading A girl turned to her neighbor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A girl turned to her neighbor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wasn’t thinking about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wasn’t thinking about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading A girl turned to her neighbor.
above and across; more than
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “I wasn’t thinking about it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A girl turned to her neighbor.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading A girl turned to her neighbor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to bring up two little Gracchi.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wasn’t thinking about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Wickford lecture was over, and Kate Coggeshall was shaking the lecturer’s hand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you ever see such beautiful hair?”
Chapter 28 of White Lightning by Edwin Herbert Lewis holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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 28 holds 176 sentences of White Lightning, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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