Chapter 12 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWO THOUSAND POUNDS. 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?' 'It is my intention to do so.' 'Good. Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
Chapter 12 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading “Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'”
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'”
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “'It is my intention to do so.'”
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading “Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'”
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading “TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.”
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 “TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'Good.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
a form of address for a man
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Being interested in the will, it may be agreeable to you to hear it read.'
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'It is my intention to do so.'
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You will stay for the funeral, Mr. Clay?'
Chapter 12 of A Life's Secret: A Novel by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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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