Chapter 5 of A Maid of Many Moods is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter V
Chapter 5 of A Maid of Many Moods is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames. The girl could not face what might be ahead. Darby--her Darby--her father's delight. Their handsome boy come to such a pass. "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
Chapter 5 of A Maid of Many Moods is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “The girl could not face what might be ahead.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Darby--her Darby--her father's delight.”
a chronic drinker
From this reading “"'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Darby--her Darby--her father's delight.”
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “Their handsome boy come to such a pass.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.”
the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
From this reading “V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.”
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.
be oriented in a certain direction
In this reading “V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.”
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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 Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
at or in the front
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
(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 V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
a youthful male person
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Darby--her Darby--her father's delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Darby--her Darby--her father's delight.
a chronic drinker
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Darby--her Darby--her father's delight.
a young female
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
go across or through
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their handsome boy come to such a pass.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Twas nothing more than being a common drunkard.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The girl could not face what might be ahead.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading V All Saturday night Debora waited by her window--the one that looked across the commonland to the Thames.
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