Chapter 13 of A Girl of the North is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Girl of the North is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side. Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters. “Good-morning,” she said politely. “Bad-morning,” returned he morosely. “Why have you come?
Chapter 13 of A Girl of the North is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
plural of “fog” — droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.”
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
in a polite manner
From this reading ““Good-morning,” she said politely.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
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 “LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Bad-morning,” returned he morosely.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why have you come?
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
plural of “fog” — droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
set up or found
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good-morning,” she said politely.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why have you come?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Bad-morning,” returned he morosely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
the literary culture
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
in a morose manner
From this reading “Bad-morning,” returned he morosely.
in a polite manner
From this reading “Good-morning,” she said politely.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “Bad-morning,” returned he morosely.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Good-morning,” she said politely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Good-morning,” she said politely.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading LONDON and December—fogs and fires—cosy rooms and misery, side by side.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why have you come?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lily came to breakfast, and found her husband waiting with her letters.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why have you come?
Chapter 13 of A Girl of the North by Susan Morrow Jones holds 328 sentences, grouped into 66 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.
Chapter 13 holds 328 sentences of A Girl of the North, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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