Chapter 33 of A Chance for Himself is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of A Chance for Himself is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT MR. CHATFORD’S GATE. “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around! I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much. Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
Chapter 33 of A Chance for Himself is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading ““HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “CHATFORD’S GATE.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading ““HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?””
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading ““HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?””
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?””
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT MR.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHATFORD’S GATE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading CHATFORD’S GATE.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
a small worthless amount
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
a form of address for a man
From this reading AT MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “HOW strange it seems,” said Mrs. Pipkin that morning, “not to have Jack around!
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Somehow I can’t get used to his being away; can you, Mrs. Chatford?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I don’t believe I should have missed any one of you so much.
Chapter 33 of A Chance for Himself by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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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