Chapter 28 of A Young Man's Year is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of A Young Man's Year is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night. Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward! And you too, Judith! Beg pardon? Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
Chapter 28 of A Young Man's Year is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “alteration” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Beg pardon?”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “And you too, Judith!”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Beg pardon?”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!”
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading “Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!”
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.
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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 Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
plural of “alteration” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you too, Judith!
used as intensifiers
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Beg pardon?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading And you too, Judith!
and nothing more
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Beg pardon?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And you too, Judith!
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
an affirmative
From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you too, Judith!
Chapter 28 of A Young Man's Year by Anthony Hope holds 296 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
Chapter 28 holds 296 sentences of A Young Man's Year, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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