Chapter 6 of A House to Let is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of A House to Let is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“He saw his child!” “He saw her—yes! I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands. I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised. My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
Chapter 6 of A House to Let is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading ““He saw his child!””
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.”
roused to anger
From this reading “I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.”
try to get or reach
From this reading “I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.”
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.”
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “He saw his child!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
the act of departing
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He saw his child!”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “He saw her—yes!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He saw his child!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
roused to anger
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
cut with a saw
From this reading “He saw his child!”
try to get or reach
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I came to seek him here, as I more than half promised.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I took him up, to give his thoughts another start; for I believed he was going mad on my hands.
at the time that
From this reading My mind misgave me when I heard he had never come in.
an affirmative
From this reading “He saw her—yes!
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