Chapter 25 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONCLUSION. With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's. That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long? And where was her uncle? Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
Chapter 25 of A Life's Secret: A Novel is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.”
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.”
plural of “invalid” — someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
From this reading “Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.”
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading “With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.”
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
From this reading “Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.”
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading “With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.”
not used up
From this reading “With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.”
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refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
In this reading “Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.”
In this reading “That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?”
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?”
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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 Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
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From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading CONCLUSION.
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From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
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From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And where was her uncle?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
someone who hunts game
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
plural of “invalid” — someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
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 That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
not used up
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading And where was her uncle?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Invalids were shut up in the waiting-room, like Patience on a monument, hoping minute by minute to see him appear.
in or at the place that
From this reading And where was her uncle?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
in the company of; together with
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading With outward patience and inward wonder, Florence Hunter was remaining at Dr. Bevary's.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading That something must be wrong at home, she felt sure: else why was she kept away from it so long?
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