Chapter 10 of A little gipsy lass is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A little gipsy lass is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL. Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie. The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her. And the same may be said for Aggie. However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
Chapter 10 of A little gipsy lass is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.”
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.”
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
From this reading “A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL.”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.”
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading “However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.”
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
From this reading “However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.”
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading “However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.”
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 “Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.”
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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 A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And the same may be said for Aggie.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
at any time
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And the same may be said for Aggie.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL.
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 Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And the same may be said for Aggie.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
From this reading A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading And the same may be said for Aggie.
Identical; not different.
From this reading And the same may be said for Aggie.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
express in words
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two had been all and all to each other, and he never had a secret that he did not tell her.
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading However, as neither he nor she ever had any secrets, this statement loses half its value.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Never a week passed that Antony did not receive a nice long letter from his sister Aggie.
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