Chapter 23 of A Red Wallflower is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIII
Chapter 23 of A Red Wallflower is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_ONIONS_. It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from. Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York. Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son. That was all.
Chapter 23 of A Red Wallflower is here in full — 328 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
From this reading “Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.”
incapable of being explained or accounted for
From this reading “It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.”
in large part; mainly or chiefly
From this reading “Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.”
plural of “onion” — the bulb of an onion plant
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
From this reading “It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.”
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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 Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
(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 That was all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
incapable of being explained or accounted for
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
in large part; mainly or chiefly
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
on one occasion
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
plural of “onion” — the bulb of an onion plant
From this reading _ONIONS_.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
a male human offspring
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
two times
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
precisely as stated
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed very inexplicable to Esther that Pitt was never heard from.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Mr. Dallas, the elder, had written once or twice, mostly on business, and said nothing about his son.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Not a scrap of a letter had they had from him since they came to New York.
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