Chapter 1 of Abington Abbey: A Novel is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Abington Abbey: A Novel is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara." "Have you, darling? It's the fifty-third." "Ah, but you wait till you see. Abington Abbey.
Chapter 1 of Abington Abbey: A Novel is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading “Abington Abbey.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."”
a special loved one
From this reading “"Have you, darling?”
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading “New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."”
up to a particular time
From this reading “"Ah, but you wait till you see.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “"Ah, but you wait till you see.”
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 “New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."”
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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 “"Ah, but you wait till you see.”
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a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading Abington Abbey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abington Abbey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
a special loved one
From this reading "Have you, darling?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's the fifty-third."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you, darling?
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's the fifty-third."
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
up to a particular time
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
precisely as stated
From this reading New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Ah, but you wait till you see.
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 New York Dodd, Mead and Company "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you, darling?
Chapter 1 of Abington Abbey: A Novel by Archibald Marshall holds 243 sentences, grouped into 49 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.
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