Chapter 30 of A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TERRIBLE TRIAL. "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me." She was standing in the ball-room with the countess. Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere. "It seems so long," she repeated.
Chapter 30 of A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading “She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.”
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
From this reading “"Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."”
in or to another place
From this reading “Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.”
put in effect
From this reading “Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.”
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading “Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “"It seems so long," she repeated.”
the act of testing something
From this reading “A TERRIBLE TRIAL.”
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.
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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 TERRIBLE TRIAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
in or to another place
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
put in effect
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
recurring again and again
From this reading "It seems so long," she repeated.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
having a supporting base
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading A TERRIBLE TRIAL.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
the act of testing something
From this reading A TERRIBLE TRIAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her late partner, Lord Vivianne, had gone to fulfill his engagement elsewhere.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was standing in the ball-room with the countess.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Earle," said Lady Doris, "it seems so long since you left me."
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