Chapter 21 of Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OH, MR. KENT, SAVE ME! In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair. A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood. It was Alice Delary.
Chapter 21 of Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “KENT, SAVE ME!”
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading “In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.”
slender and graceful
From this reading “A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.”
the state of being an adult woman
From this reading “A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.”
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 young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Alice Delary.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Alice Delary.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
a young female
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Alice Delary.
and nothing more
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading KENT, SAVE ME!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading KENT, SAVE ME!
a particular point in time
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
a form of address for a man
From this reading OH, MR.
making no sound
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading OH, MR.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
except for; apart from
From this reading KENT, SAVE ME!
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
slender and graceful
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
the state of being an adult woman
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
Chapter 21 of Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock holds 68 sentences, grouped into 14 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 21 holds 68 sentences of Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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