Chapter 4 of Yussuf the Guide is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Yussuf the Guide is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl. "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea." "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling. "Oh, yes! I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
Chapter 4 of Yussuf the Guide is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “"No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."”
-ing form of “flush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading “"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.”
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “"No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."”
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading “"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “"You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.”
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading “"I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.”
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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 "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
anew
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
-ing form of “flush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
a young female
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
not any; not one
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes!
accept an excuse for
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "No: I meant sitting back here, and feeling this beautiful soft breeze as we glide through the blue sea."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
at the time that
From this reading I don't know when I felt so well and happy.
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You like it then?" said Mr Burne smiling.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I beg your pardon!" exclaimed Lawrence, starting and flushing again like a girl.
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