Chapter 10 of A Country Sweetheart is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Country Sweetheart is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAGES OF SIN. It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return. She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him. "You are late, Tom," she said. He started violently when he saw her.
Chapter 10 of A Country Sweetheart is here in full — 342 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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under a curse
From this reading “It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.”
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.”
estrangement from god
From this reading “THE WAGES OF SIN.”
in a violent manner
From this reading “He started violently when he saw her.”
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading “THE WAGES OF SIN.”
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 “He started violently when he saw her.”
In this reading “She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.”
In this reading “It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
under a curse
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
later than; following
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are late, Tom," she said.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He started violently when he saw her.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He started violently when he saw her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
come together
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WAGES OF SIN.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You are late, Tom," she said.
cut with a saw
From this reading He started violently when he saw her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
estrangement from god
From this reading THE WAGES OF SIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading He started violently when he saw her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAGES OF SIN.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
male cat
From this reading "You are late, Tom," she said.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
in a violent manner
From this reading He started violently when he saw her.
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading THE WAGES OF SIN.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She heard him turn the latch-key in the door, and went out into the hall to meet him.
at the time that
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
but in spite of that
From this reading It was a dark night when Henderson slunk home after his accursed deed; dark and late, yet his mother was waiting up for him and anxiously listening for his return.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are late, Tom," she said.
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