Chapter 4 of A Girl in Spring-Time is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of A Girl in Spring-Time is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Three months, Mademoiselle. Oh, such long, slow months! Never before have I known the time so long. Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London. They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
Chapter 4 of A Girl in Spring-Time is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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regarded with admiration
From this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.”
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading “"Three months, Mademoiselle.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “"Three months, Mademoiselle.”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “Oh, such long, slow months!”
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 “"Three months, Mademoiselle.”
a young female
In this reading “Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.”
In this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
In this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.”
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regarded with admiration
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
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 Oh, such long, slow months!
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading "Three months, Mademoiselle.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading "Three months, Mademoiselle.
used to form the superlative
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
many times at short intervals
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, such long, slow months!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading Oh, such long, slow months!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Oh, such long, slow months!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "Three months, Mademoiselle.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Never before have I known the time so long.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
precisely as stated
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They went out every night--to two or three balls very often,--and always they were the most admired among the guests.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Before then I was with two beautiful young ladies in London.
Chapter 4 of A Girl in Spring-Time by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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